double decomposition

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdouble decomposition reactionmetathesis

   Broaderchemical reaction

   Narrowerdouble replacement reaction

Questions about double decomposition

What does double decomposition mean?

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

What is another word for double decomposition?

Close synonyms include double decomposition reaction, metathesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double decomposition a common word?

double decomposition is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.