'Transposition' definitions:
Definition of 'transposition'
From: WordNet
noun
Any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn: transposition, heterotaxy]
noun
An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch]
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(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
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(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
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(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"
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The act of reversing the order or place of [syn: transposition, reversal]
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(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Definition of 'Transposition'
From: GCIDE
- Transposition \Trans`po*si"tion\, n. [F. transposition, from L. transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer; trans across, over + ponere to place. See Position.] The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) (Alg.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] (c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transposition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternation,
- avatar,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- catabolism,
- catalysis,
- communication,
- commutation,
- conduction,
- consubstantiation,
- contagion,
- convection,
- cooperation,
- counterchange,
- cross fire,
- delivery,
- deportation,
- diapedesis,
- diffusion,
- displacement,
- dissemination,
- ectropion,
- eversion,
- exchange,
- export,
- exportation,
- expulsion,
- extradition,
- give-and-take,
- heterotopia,
- import,
- importation,
- interchange,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- introversion,
- intussusception,
- invagination,
- inversion,
- lex talionis,
- measure for measure,
- metabolism,
- metagenesis,
- metamorphism,
- metamorphosis,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- mutant,
- mutated form,
- mutation,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- osmosis,
- passage,
- passing over,
- perfusion,
- permutation,
- pronation,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- reincarnation,
- resupination,
- retaliation,
- retroflexion,
- retroversion,
- reversal,
- reversing,
- reversion,
- revulsion,
- something for something,
- sport,
- spread,
- spreading,
- supination,
- tit for tat,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- transanimation,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transfiguration,
- transfigurement,
- transformation,
- transformism,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transmogrification,
- transmutation,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transubstantiation,
- travel,
- turning back,
- turning backwards,
- turning inside out,
- turning inward,
- turning over