transposition has definitions from the fields of music,mathematics,biology,genetics,medicine
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[ noun ] an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Examples

"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

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[ noun ] (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Related terms

playing music

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[ noun ] (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

Related terms

calculation algebra

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[ noun ] (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance

Examples

"he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"

Related terms

rearrangement electricity

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[ noun ] (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

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mutation genetics

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[ noun ] (medicine) any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Synonyms

heterotaxy

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abnormality

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[ noun ] act of reversing the order or place of

Synonyms

reversal

Related terms

reordering permute

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