transposition
Americannoun
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an act of transposing.
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the state of being transposed.
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a transposed form of something.
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Genetics. the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.
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Photography. the process of reversing the tonality of an image, as from negative to positive.
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Mathematics. a permutation of a set of elements that interchanges two elements and leaves the remaining elements in their original positions.
noun
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the act of transposing or the state of being transposed
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something transposed
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of transposition
First recorded in 1530–40, transposition is from the Medieval Latin word trānspositiōn- (stem of trānspositiō ). See trans-, position
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Example Sentences
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No less than 129 words have been substituted for others which stood in the text before; and there are 66 instances of Transposition, involving the dislocation of 185 words.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Transposition of Phantom Circuits View full size illustration.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel
But the foregoing, which is a fair typical sample of countless other instances of unauthorized Transposition, may not be dismissed without a few words of serious remonstrance.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Transposition of the letters of a word common amongst Talmudists, 698-m.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
One of the most prolific sources of Corrupt Readings, is Transposition, or the arbitrary inversion of the order of the sacred words,—generally in the subordinate clauses of a sentence.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward
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