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Transposition

noun, verb

Noun

1
The act or process of transposing or interchanging. countable, especially, uncountable
2
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards wordnet
3
A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch. countable, uncountable
4
the act of reversing the order or place of wordnet
5
A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence. countable, uncountable

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6
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance wordnet
7
An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law. European-Union, countable, uncountable
8
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign wordnet
9
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome wordnet
10
an event in which one thing is substituted for another wordnet
11
any abnormal position of the organs of the body wordnet

Verb

Etymology 1

From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.

Etymology 2

From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.

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