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 [trans-poh-zuhl]  

trans·pos·al

   [trans-poh-zuhl]
noun
transposition.
Origin:
1685–95; transpose + -al2
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Transposal is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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transpose (trænsˈpəʊz)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
2.  music
 a.  to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
 b.  to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
3.  (tr) maths to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
 
—n
4.  maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
 
[C14: from Old French transposer, from Latin transpōnere to remove, from trans- + pōnere to place]
 
trans'posable
 
—adj
 
transposa'bility
 
—n
 
trans'posal
 
—n
 
trans'poser
 
—n

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