transposition (n.)

1530s, from French transposition or directly from Medieval Latin transpositionem (nominative transpositio), noun of action from past-participle stem of transponere "to place over, set over" (see transpose).

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transpose (v.)

late 14c., from Old French transposer "transfer, remove; present, render symbolically" (14c.), from Latin transponere (past participle transpositus) "to place over, set over," from trans "across, beyond; over" (see trans-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Form altered in French on model of poser "to put, place." Sense of "put music in a different key" is from c. 1600. Related: Transposed; transposing.

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Definitions of transposition

transposition (n.)

any abnormal position of the organs of the body;

Synonyms: heterotaxy

transposition (n.)

an event in which one thing is substituted for another;

Synonyms: substitution / permutation / replacement / switch

transposition (n.)

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

transposition (n.)

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

transposition (n.)

(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 (n.)

the act of reversing the order or place of;

Synonyms: reversal

transposition (n.)

(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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