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DOUBLE DECOMPOSITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
Synonyms:
double decomposition; double decomposition reaction; metathesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("double decomposition" is a kind of...):
chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double decomposition"):
double replacement reaction (a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound)
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