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Transposition

noun
1.
Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.  Synonym: heterotaxy.
2.
An event in which one thing is substituted for another.  Synonyms: permutation, replacement, substitution, switch.
3.
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.
4.
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.
5.
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance.
6.
The act of reversing the order or place of.  Synonym: reversal.
7.
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards.



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"Transposition" Quotes from Famous Books



... prodigious superabundance of this form of expression; which gives harshness and strangeness, where the matter would at all events have been surprising enough. Secondly, I object, with the same qualification, to the frequent use of inversion; which generally appears as a transposition of the two members of a clause, in a way which would not have been practiced in conversation. It certainly gives emphasis and force, and often serves to point the meaning. But a style may be fatiguing and faulty precisely by being too emphatic, forcible ...
— The Life of John Sterling • Thomas Carlyle
... of faded/missing letters and some transposition errors in the edition this eBook was taken from. The following corrections ...
— The Lion and The Mouse - A Story Of American Life • Charles Klein
... Literal attention is that which strives to lay hold of the meaning of the words said in the office. Superficial attention is that advertence of soul which applies itself to the correct recitation of the words, avoiding errors of pronunciation, mutilation, transposition, etc., etc. ...
— The Divine Office • Rev. E. J. Quigley
... dozen striking coincidences in this one example; and they are given with but slight dislocation or transposition. Other examples might be adduced, but I must ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 • Various


Words linked to "Transposition" :   calculation, computation, switch, heterotaxy, genetics, rearrangement, transpose, mutation, algebra, music, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation, computing, playing, variation, fluctuation, electricity, genetic science, abnormalcy, reordering, abnormality


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