transpose
to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
to transfer or transport.
Algebra. to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
Mathematics. (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
Music. to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
to transform; transmute.
to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written: to transpose at sight.
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
Origin of transpose
1Other words for transpose
Other words from transpose
- 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
- un·trans·posed, adjective
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How to use transpose in a sentence
Odilon Redon he would understand, for he is the transposer of Baudelairianism to terms of design and colour.
Egoists | James HunekerFor she, 'la foule,' the multitude, is the great transposer of values in our day.
mile Verhaeren | Stefan Zweig
British Dictionary definitions for transpose
/ (trænsˈpəʊz) /
(tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
music
to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
(tr) maths to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
Origin of transpose
1Derived forms of transpose
- transposable, adjective
- transposability, noun
- transposal, noun
- transposer, noun
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Scientific definitions for transpose
[ trăns-pōz′ ]
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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