transpose
[ verb trans-pohz; noun trans-pohz ]
/ verb trænsˈpoʊz; noun ˈtræns poʊz /
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
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transpose
/ (trænsˈpəʊz) /
verb
(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
noun
maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
Word Origin for transpose
C14: from Old French transposer, from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to place
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transpose
[ trăns-pōz′ ]
v.
To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another.
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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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