TRANSPOSITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (music) playing in a different key from the key intended
   • moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • playing (what does playing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • transpose (what does transpose mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of reversing the order or place of
   Synonym(s)
   • reversal (what does reversal mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reordering (what does reordering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • permute (what does permute mean?)
   • commute (what does commute mean?)
   • transpose (what does transpose mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
   Usage Example(s)
   • he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rearrangement (what does rearrangement mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • calculation (what does calculation mean?)
   • computation (what does computation mean?)
   • computing (what does computing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • transpose (what does transpose mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mutation (what does mutation mean?)
   • genetic mutation (what does genetic mutation mean?)
   • chromosomal mutation (what does chromosomal mutation mean?)
6. Meaning
   • an event in which one thing is substituted for another
   Synonym(s)
   • permutation (what does permutation mean?)
   • replacement (what does replacement mean?)
   • substitution (what does substitution mean?)
   • switch (what does switch mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • variation (what does variation mean?)
   • fluctuation (what does fluctuation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • trade (what does trade mean?)
   • swap (what does swap mean?)
   • swop (what does swop mean?)
   • switch (what does switch mean?)
   • switch over (what does switch over mean?)
   • switch (what does switch mean?)
   • exchange (what does exchange mean?)
   • interchange (what does interchange mean?)
   • tack (what does tack mean?)
   • switch (what does switch mean?)
   • alternate (what does alternate mean?)
   • flip (what does flip mean?)
   • flip-flop (what does flip-flop mean?)
   • replace (what does replace mean?)
   • substitute (what does substitute mean?)
   • sub (what does sub mean?)
   • stand in (what does stand in mean?)
   • fill in (what does fill in mean?)
   • substitute (what does substitute mean?)
   • replace (what does replace mean?)
7. Meaning
   • any abnormal position of the organs of the body
   Synonym(s)
   • heterotaxy (what does heterotaxy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) transposition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • abnormality (what does abnormality mean?)
   • abnormalcy (what does abnormalcy mean?)
   • abnormal condition (what does abnormal condition mean?)