transposition
(noun)
noun
1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
Similar word(s): heterotaxy
Definition categories: state, abnormality
2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another
Similar word(s): permutation, replacement, substitution, switch
Definition categories: event, fluctuation, variation
3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
Definition categories: event, mutation
4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
Definition categories: act, calculation, computation, computing
5. (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
Definition categories: act, rearrangement
6. the act of reversing the order or place of
Similar word(s): reversal
Definition categories: act, reordering
7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards