Transposition - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word transposition
Brit.  |trænspəˈzɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word transposition

noun

- any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another (syn: permutation, replacement, substitution, switch)
- (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
- (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
- the act of reversing the order or place of (syn: reversal)
- (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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