Definition Definition

transposition - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'transposition' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Transposition [ n.]
- The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
- The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation.
- A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
- A change of a composition into another key.

Meaning of 'transposition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . transposition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
Example in sentence:
  • he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition
Meaning (2):
- an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Example in sentence:
  • the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Nearby Words:

trabea trabeae trabeated trabeation trabecula trabeculae trabecular trabeculate trabu trace

See 'transposition' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Categories

Browse Dictionary