μετάπτωση
Pronunciation: /meˈtaptosi/
“μετάπτωση” is a Greek word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- sudden change of situation or a property, fluctuation
- ablaut, vowel gradation. For Greek language: change during derivation or composition of a word, or specifically of a vowel or diphthong in a root, or stem, or an affix, either qualitative (short ↔ short), or quantitive (short ↔ long)
- changes in a quantum system
- precession
- transition metal, in the term
- characterizes rifts on the Earth's crust
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετᾰ́πτωσῐς (“change”) (μετά (metá) + πτῶσῐς (ptôsĭs)). Sense in linguistics, since Hellenistic Koine.
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