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transposition

[ trans-puh-zish-uhn ]

noun

  1. an act of transposing.
  2. the state of being transposed.
  3. a transposed form of something.
  4. Genetics. the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.
  5. Photography. the process of reversing the tonality of an image, as from negative to positive.
  6. Mathematics. a permutation of a set of elements that interchanges two elements and leaves the remaining elements in their original positions.


transposition

/ trænsˈpɒzɪtɪv; ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act of transposing or the state of being transposed
  2. something transposed
“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


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Derived Forms

  • ˌtranspoˈsitional, adjective
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Other Words From

  • transpo·sition·al trans·pos·i·tive [trans-, poz, -i-tiv], adjective
  • nontrans·po·sition noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transposition1

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

I still am shocked that it’s not a statistical transposition to see Geno with these amazing stats and Wilson with such weak numbers.

Wherever references of this kind do occur, they as often assume the shape of some amusing transposition.

The necessity for this insertion shows that Westphal's transposition is not in itself an easy one.

Another means to acquire technical mastery is through transposition.

When by an unhappy transposition, any of the hinder parts of the body first present themselves.

It seems to me that a transposition, vice vers, of the admonitions would be equally salutary and just.

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