DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION

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Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("double replacement reaction" is a kind of...):

double decomposition; double decomposition reaction; metathesis (a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB))