Quick definitions from WordNet (transposition)
▸ noun: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
▸ noun: the act of reversing the order or place of
▸ 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")
▸ noun: (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
▸ noun: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
▸ noun: any abnormal position of the organs of the body
▸ noun: an event in which one thing is substituted for another
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▸ noun: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
▸ noun: the act of reversing the order or place of
▸ 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")
▸ noun: (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
▸ noun: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
▸ noun: any abnormal position of the organs of the body
▸ noun: an event in which one thing is substituted for another
▸ Also see transpositions
▸ Words similar to transposition
▸ Usage examples for transposition
▸ Idioms related to transposition (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing transposition
▸ Words that often appear near transposition
▸ Rhymes of transposition
▸ Invented words related to transposition