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transposition

Dictionary definition · transposition

noun

  1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
  2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
  3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred 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"he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"
  6. the act of reversing the order or place of
  7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).