transpose [verb trans-pohz ; noun trans -pohz]
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See more synonyms for transpose on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), trans·posed, trans·pos·ing. to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word. to transfer or transport. Algebra to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign. Mathematics (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns. Music to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch. to transform; transmute. Show More
verb (used without object), trans·posed, trans·pos·ing. to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written: to transpose at sight. Show More
Mathematics a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing. Show More
Origin of transpose 1350–1400; Middle English transposen to transmute <
Middle French transposer. See
trans- ,
pose1 Related forms trans·pos·a·ble , adjective trans·pos·a·bil·i·ty , noun trans·pos·er , noun non·trans·pos·a·ble , adjective non·trans·pos·ing , adjective un·trans·posed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for transpose transmute ,
render ,
backtrack ,
move ,
commute ,
substitute ,
interchange ,
inverse ,
transfer ,
invert ,
transform ,
flip-flop ,
relocate ,
translate ,
alter ,
exchange ,
metamorphose ,
rearrange ,
transmogrify ,
put Examples from the Web for transpose Contemporary Examples of transpose Historical Examples of transpose Transpose it into platinum or uranium—anything good and heavy.
See whether you can transpose these suggestions into the terms of your problem.
Substitute Roman figures for the Arabic numerals, and transpose the letters.
But I can transpose to any of the copies of my portrait, anywhere.
To transpose a quantity from one side of an equation to another is to place it across.
British Dictionary definitions for transpose (tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order music to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch (tr) maths to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign Show More
maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix Show More
Derived Forms transposable , adjective transposability , noun transposal , noun transposer , noun Word Origin for transpose C14: from Old French transposer , from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to place
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Word Origin and History for transpose v. late 14c., from Old French transposer (14c.), from Latin transponere (past participle transpositus ) "to place over," from trans- "over" (see trans- ) + ponere "to put, place" (see position ). 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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To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another. Show More
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To move a term or quantity from one side of an algebraic equation to the other by adding or subtracting that term to or from both sides. By subtracting 2 from both sides of the equation 2 + x = 4, one can transpose the 2 to the other side, yielding x = 4 - 2, and thus determine that x equals 2. Show More
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