transposition
- n any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- n an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- n (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- n (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
- n (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition - n the act of reversing the order or place of
- n (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
- The transposition feels natural, underscoring Matura's point that at some deep level all colonial experiences are similar.
- Like his Rigoletto, Miller's Tosca (first seen last summer in Florence) is a transposition.
- Celine's art consists of a poetic transposition of the effects that spoken language have on the auditor, and not in the transcription of that language itself.