TRANSPOSITION
Scrabble letter values: T1R1A1N1S1P3O1S1I1T1I1O1N1 = 15
Definition
- noun any abnormal position of the organs of the body. — synonyms: heterotaxy
- noun an event in which one thing is substituted for another. — synonyms: substitution, permutation, replacement, switch
- noun (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.
- noun (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.
- noun (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance.
- noun the act of reversing the order or place of. — synonyms: reversal
- noun (music) playing in a different key from the key intended.
Examples
- “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
- “he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition”
- “moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards”