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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.
EXPANDMusic. to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
6.
COLLAPSEto 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.
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Transposed
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
noun
8.
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English transposen to transmute < Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose1
1350–1400; Middle English transposen to transmute < Middle French transposer. See trans-, pose1
Related forms
trans·pos·a·ble, adjective
trans·pos·a·bil·i·ty, noun
trans·pos·er, noun
non·trans·pos·a·ble, adjective
non·trans·pos·ing, adjective
EXPANDun·trans·posed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 5. rearrange. 3. invert.
1, 5. rearrange. 3. invert.
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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.
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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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