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transpose

[ verb trans-pohz; noun trans-pohz ]
/ verb trænsˈpoʊz; noun ˈtræns poʊz /
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verb (used with object), trans·posed, trans·pos·ing.
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.
noun
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
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Origin of transpose

1350–1400; Middle English transposen to transmute <Middle French transposer.See trans-, pose1

OTHER WORDS FROM transpose

Words nearby transpose

transporter bridge, transport maximum, transport medium, transposal, transposase, transpose, transposing instrument, transposition, transposition cipher, transposition of great vessels, transposon
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Words related to transpose

alter, backtrack, change, commute, convert, exchange, flip-flop, interchange, inverse, invert, metamorphose, move, put, rearrange, relocate, render, reorder, reverse, revert, shift

How to use transpose in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for transpose

transpose
/ (trænsˈpəʊz) /
verb
(tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
music
  1. to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
  2. 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
noun
maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

Derived forms of transpose

transposable, adjectivetransposability, nountransposal, nountransposer, noun

Word Origin for transpose

C14: from Old French transposer, from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to place
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for transpose

transpose
[ trăns-pōz′ ]
v.
To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for transpose

transpose
[ trăns-pōz′ ]
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.
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