Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To reverse or transfer the order or place of; interchange. synonym: reverse.
- intransitive verb Mathematics To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other side, reversing its sign to maintain equality.
- intransitive verb Music To write or perform (a composition) in a key other than the original or given key.
- intransitive verb To render into another language.
- intransitive verb To alter in form or nature; transform.
- intransitive verb Music To write or perform music in a different key.
- intransitive verb To admit of being transposed.
- noun A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In electricity, to interchange as to position (the two parallel wires) of an electric circuit, specifically of a telephone circuit, so as to reduce inductive action from neighboring circuits. See
transposition , 7. - To remove to a different place; transfer; transport.
- To cause (two or, less frequently, more objects) to change places.
- In algebra, to bring, as any term of an equation, over from one side to the other side. See
transposition , 2. - In rhetoric, to change the usual order of (words).
- In music, to alter the tonality of (a piece or passage) from a given tonality, either in performance or in transcription. See
transposition , 4. - To transform.
- noun Transposition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position.
- transitive verb rare To change; to transform; to invert.
- transitive verb (Alg.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be
transposed . - transitive verb (Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.
- transitive verb (Mus.) To change the key of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linear algebra The
matrix formed byinterchanging therows andcolumns of another. - verb transitive To
reverse orchange theorder of (two or more things); toswap orinterchange . - verb transitive (
music ) Torewrite orperform (a piece) in anotherkey - verb transitive (algebra) To move (a
term ) from one side of analgebraic equation to the other,reversing thesign of the term.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb transfer from one place or period to another
- verb change key
- verb change the order or arrangement of
- noun a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
- verb cause to change places
- verb put (a piece of music) into another key
- verb transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
- verb exchange positions without a change in value
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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He explained that it would not be possible to "transpose" Obama's response to the EU.
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He explained that it would not be possible to "transpose" Obama's response to the EU.
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'transpose' the values to the ones being used in my db for the linking to reoccur. are there any other data fields that I would need to include in the import? cheers,
phpBB.com GregoryC 2010
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Paste Special, and check the box for "transpose") across the Row 1 of the Raw Data worksheet.
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I would transpose two lines to avoid an anti-climax thus
Letter 128 2009
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He was also different when it came to the study of language—learning how to transpose thoughts onto the computer screen, how to get the machine to read to you, and how to use the thesaurus software.
Watercolored Different Jessie Peacock 2011
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A bit like trying to transpose Shakespeare into text speak?
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I did transpose the 2 letters in Gracia ..... the fellow we are looking for is shown in the book published by Banamex of the masters of popular arts of Mexico and was listed as being in this town.
San Jose de Garcia 2009
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If I transpose a group of play sessions into a book then it becomes art.
Flower's Lawful, Logical Wind SVGL 2009
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Therefore, the preservation of the social logic of the first, may not easily, or completely transpose into either the second, or the third; nor can any intersecting logical scheme entirely, reframe the first, verily, without the application of the second, and the third!?
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