Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Transposition has 9 different meanings across 1 category:
any abnormal position of the organs of the body
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(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"
the act of reversing the order or place of
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
To transpose