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transpositive

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trans⋅po⋅si⋅tion

  [trans-puh-zish-uhn]
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–noun
1. an act of transposing.
2. the state of being transposed.
3. a transposed form of something.
4. Genetics. the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.
5. Photography. the process of reversing the tonality of an image, as from negative to positive.
6. Mathematics. a permutation of a set of elements that interchanges two elements and leaves the remaining elements in their original positions.
Origin:
1530–40; < ML trānspositiōn- (s. of trānspositiō). See trans-, position

Related forms:
trans⋅po⋅si⋅tion⋅al, trans⋅pos⋅i⋅tive  [trans-poz-i-tiv] , adjective
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Main Entry: trans·po·si·tion
Pronunciation: "tran(t)s-p&-'zish-&n
Function: noun
: an act, process, or instance of transposingor being transposed: as a : the displacement of a viscus to a side opposite from that which it normally occupies <transposition of the heart> b : thetransfer of a segment of DNA from one site to another in the genome either between chromosomal sites or between an extrachromosomal site (as on a plasmid) and a chromosome —trans·po·si·tion·al /-'zish-n&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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transposition trans·po·si·tion (trāns'pə-zĭsh'ən)
n.

  1. Removal from one place to another.

  2. The state of being transposed or of being on the wrong side of the body.

  3. Transfer of a segment of DNA to a new position on the same or another chromosome, plasmid, or cell.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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