1. transposition(n = noun.state) heterotaxy - any abnormal position of the organs of the body;
is a kind of abnormalcy, abnormality
2. transposition(n = noun.event) permutation, replacement, substitution, switch - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
is a kind of fluctuation, variation
3. transposition(n = noun.event) - (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome;
is a kind of chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation
4. transposition(n = noun.act) - (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign;
is a kind of calculation, computation, computing
Derived form verb transpose4
5. transposition(n = noun.act) - (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"
is a kind of rearrangement
6. transposition(n = noun.act) reversal - the act of reversing the order or place of;
is a kind of reordering
Derived form verb transpose1
7. transposition(n = noun.act) - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards;
is a kind of playing
Derived form verb transpose7
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. [1913 Webster]
transposition, n. the act or an instance of transposing; the state of being transposed.
Derivative:
transpositional adj. transpositive adj.
Etymology:
F transposition or LL transpositio (as TRANS-, POSITION)
N interchange, exchange, commutation, permutation, intermutation, reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement, shuffling, alternation, reciprocity, castling (at chess), hocus-pocus, interchangeableness, interchangeability, recombination, combination, barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo, interchanged, reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant, in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis, backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about, each in his turn, everyone in his turn.
N displacement, elocation, transposition, ejectment, exile, removal, misplacement, dislocation, fish out of water, displaced, unplaced, unhoused, unharbored, unestablished, unsettled, houseless, homeless, out of place, out of a situation, in the wrong place, misplaced, out of its element.
N inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination, inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy-turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy, inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels.
N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.