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transposition

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of transposing or interchanging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, especially, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: European-Union, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To transpose

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To take on the role of another person

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: playing

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of reversing the order or place of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reversal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reordering

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rearrangement

10

noun

Meaning 10

(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calculation, computation, computing

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noun

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation

12

noun

Meaning 12

an event in which one thing is substituted for another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: substitution, permutation, replacement, switch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: variation, fluctuation

13

noun

Meaning 13

any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heterotaxy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy

History

Etymology

From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: транспозиция (transpozicija) — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Finnish: vaihtaminen — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Finnish: transpositio — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • German: Transposition — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • German: Transponierung — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • German: Transponieren — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Polish: transpozycja — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Polish: przemiana — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Romanian: transpunere — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Romanian: transpoziție — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Spanish: transposición — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Spanish: trasposición — act or process of transposing or interchanging
  • Bulgarian: транспозиция (transpozicija) — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Czech: transpozice — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Finnish: transponointi — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • German: Transposition — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • German: Transponierung — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • German: Transponieren — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Polish: transpozycja — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Romanian: transpunere — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Swedish: transponering — shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
  • Asturian: tresposición — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Bulgarian: транспозиция (transpozicija) — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Czech: transpozice — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Czech: provedení — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Czech: provedení ve vnitrostátním právu — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Finnish: kansallisen lainsäädännön osaksi saattaminen — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Finnish: täytäntöönpano — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • French: transposition — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • French: transposition en droit interne — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • French: transposition en droit national — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • German: Umsetzung in innerstaatliches Recht — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Romanian: transpunere — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Spanish: transposición — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Spanish: trasposición — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Swedish: införlivande — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
  • Ukrainian: транспозиція (transpozycija) — incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law