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trans⋅pose

  [v. trans-pohz; n. trans-pohz] verb, -posed, -pos⋅ing, noun
Use transpose in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
2. to transfer or transport.
3. Algebra. to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
4. Mathematics. (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
5. Music. to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
6. to transform; transmute.
–verb (used without object)
7. to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written: to transpose at sight.
–noun
8. Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME transposen to transmute < MF transposer. See trans-, pose 1

Related forms:
trans⋅pos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅pos⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
trans⋅pos⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1, 5. rearrange. 3. invert.
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trans·pose   (trāns-pōz')   
v.   trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es

v.   tr.

  1. To reverse or transfer the order or place of; interchange.

  2. To put into a different place or order: transpose the words of a sentence. See Synonyms at reverse.

  3. Mathematics To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other side, reversing its sign to maintain equality.

  4. Music To write or perform (a composition) in a key other than the original or given key.

  5. To render into another language.

  6. To alter in form or nature; transform.

v.   intr.

  1. Music To write or perform music in a different key.

  2. To admit of being transposed.

n.   Mathematics (trāns'pōz')
A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.

[Middle English transposen, to transform, from Old French transposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin trānspōnere, to transfer : trāns-, trans- + pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·pos'a·ble adj.
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Word Origin & History

transpose 
c.1380, from O.Fr. transposer (14c.), from L. transponere (pp. transpositus) "to place over," from trans- "over" + ponere "to put, place" (see position). Form altered in Fr. on model of poser "to put, place." Sense of "put music in a different key" is from 1609.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·pose
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'pOz
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: trans·posed; trans·pos·ing
transitive senses
: to transfer from one place or period to another; specifically : to subject to genetic transposition transpose intransitivesenses
: to undergo genetic transposition —trans·pos·able /-'pO-z&-b&l/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

transpose trans·pose (trāns-pōz')
v. trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es
To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another.

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Science Dictionary
transpose   (trāns-pōz')  Pronunciation Key 
To move a term or quantity from one side of an algebraic equation to the other by adding or subtracting that term to or from both sides. By subtracting 2 from both sides of the equation 2 + x = 4, one can transpose the 2 to the other side, yielding x = 4 - 2, and thus determine that x equals 2.
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