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: General2.Definition: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
Category: General3.Definition: (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
Category: General4.Definition: (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Category: General5.Definition: an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Related Noun(s):permutation, replacement, substitution, switch
Category: General6.Definition: any abnormal position of the organs of the body
Related Noun(s):heterotaxy
Category: General