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transposition

noun

1 transposition

Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.

synonym: heterotaxy.

Roget 185: displacement, elocation, transposition.    ejectment etc. 297; exile etc. (banishment) 893; removal etc. (transference) ... show more

Roget 270: transfer, transference; translocation, elocation; displacement; metastasis, metathesis; removal; remotion, amotion; relegation; deportation, asportation; ... show more

Polish: heterotaksja

2 transposition

An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, switch.

Roget 148: interchange, exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation; reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling; alternation, reciprocity; castling (at chess); ... show more

Dutch: transpositie

3 transposition

genetics A kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.

4 transposition

mathematics The transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.

5 transposition

electricity A rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance.

6 transposition

The act of reversing the order or place of.

synonym: reversal.

Roget 218: inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition etc. 237; contrariety etc. 14; reversal; ... show more

7 transposition

music Playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards.

Polish: transpozycja


Moby thesaurus: alternation, avatar, battledore and shuttlecock, catabolism, catalysis, communication, commutation, conduction, consubstantiation, contagion, convection, cooperation, counterchange, cross fire, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, displacement, dissemination ... show more.

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