Transpose

[træns'pəʊz;trɑːns-;-nz-] or [træn'spoz]

Definition

(noun.) a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.

(verb.) change key; 'Can you transpose this fugue into G major?'.

(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.

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Definition

(v. t.) To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.

(v. t.) To change; to transform; to invert.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To change the natural order of, as words.

(v. t.) To change the key of.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Change the order of (by putting one in place of the other, or substituting one for the other).

Editor: Peter

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Change, transmute, interchange, reverse, shift, transfer, displace

ANT:Stereotype, stabilitate, fix, retain

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Definition

v.t. to put each in the place of the other: to change as the order of words or the key in music.—adj. Transpō′sable.—ns. Transpō′sal a change of place or order; Transpō′ser; Transposi′tion act of putting one thing in place of another: state of being transposed; a change of the order of words: (mus.) a change of key into a higher or lower scale.—adjs. Transposi′tional; Transpos′itive.—adv. Transpos′itively.—n. Transpos′itor.

Editor: Solomon