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transpose
has definitions from the fields of music,mathematics
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[ verb ] change the order or arrangement of
Examples "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)In_order to be saved , plasticity had had to be isolated ; and as the aspect of the subject was transposed into those clusters of more_or_less interchangeable and contour obliterating facet-planes by which plasticity was isolated under the Cubist method , the subject itself became largely unrecognizable . Related terms |
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[ verb ] transfer from one place or period to another
Synonyms Examples "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The Istiqlal found that the spontaneous solidarity of the independence struggle was not easily transposed to the more concrete , precise problems of internal politics . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to change places
Synonyms Examples "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" Used in print (The New York Times...)One frequently has the feeling that the order of their movement combinations could be transposed without notable loss of effect , there is too little suggestion of organic relationship and development . Related terms |
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[ 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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[ verb ] (mathematics) transpose and remain equal in value; of variables or operators, in mathematics
Synonyms Examples "These operators commute with each other" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
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[ verb ] (music) change key, of musical compositions
Examples "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?" Related terms |
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