Transposition


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transposition
n. act of transposing, transference, carrying, interchange; something which is transposed

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Transposition
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transposition

Noun
1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
(synonym) heterotaxy
(hypernym) abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
(synonym) substitution, permutation, replacement, switch
(hypernym) variation, fluctuation
3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
(hypernym) mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
(classification) genetics, genetic science
4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(hypernym) calculation, computation, computing
(derivation) transpose
(classification) algebra
5. (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"
(hypernym) rearrangement
(classification) electricity
6. the act of reversing the order or place of
(synonym) reversal
(hypernym) reordering
(derivation) permute, commute, transpose
7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
(hypernym) playing
(derivation) transpose
(classification) music


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Transposition (die)
nf. transposition, act of transposing, interchange; something which is transposed

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transposition
nf. transposition, adaptation, transposal