TRANSPOSITION

transposition

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

transposition, reversal

(noun) the act of reversing the order or place of

transposition

(noun) (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; “he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition”

transposition

(noun) (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

transposition

(noun) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch

(noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”

transposition, heterotaxy

(noun) any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

transposition (countable and uncountable, plural transpositions)

The act or process of transposing or interchanging.

(music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.

(chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.

(European Union) A incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.

Verb

transposition (third-person singular simple present transpositions, present participle transpositioning, simple past and past participle transpositioned)

To transpose

(psychiatry) To take on the role of another person

Source: Wiktionary

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Trans`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. transposition, from L. transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer; trans across, over + ponere to place. See Position.]

Definition: The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: --(a) (Alg.)

Definition: The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation. (b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English. (c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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