quantitative metathesis

Noun

 * 1)  A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.

Translations

 * Finnish: kvantitatiivinen metateesi
 * French: métathèse de quantité
 * German: Quantitätsmetathese
 * Greek: μετάθεση ποσότητας, αντιμετάθεση χρόνου,
 * Russian: коли́чественная метате́за