Noun Definition

transposition

1.Definition: (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"

Category: General

2.Definition: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

Category: General

3.Definition: (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

Category: General

4.Definition: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Category: General

5.Definition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Related Noun(s):permutation, replacement, substitution, switch

Category: General

6.Definition: any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Related Noun(s):heterotaxy

Category: General

7.Definition: the act of reversing the order or place of

Related Noun(s):reversal

Category: General