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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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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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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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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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To transpose
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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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(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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Broader terms: playing
the act of reversing the order or place of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reversal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reordering
(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
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: rearrangement
(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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Broader terms: calculation, computation, computing
(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
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Broader terms: mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
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
any abnormal position of the organs of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: heterotaxy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy
From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
транспозиция
(transpozicija)
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Finnish:
vaihtaminen
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Finnish:
transpositio
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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German:
Transposition
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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German:
Transponierung
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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German:
Transponieren
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Polish:
transpozycja
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Polish:
przemiana
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Romanian:
transpunere
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Romanian:
transpoziție
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Spanish:
transposición
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Spanish:
trasposición
— act or process of transposing or interchanging
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Bulgarian:
транспозиция
(transpozicija)
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Czech:
transpozice
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Finnish:
transponointi
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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German:
Transposition
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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German:
Transponierung
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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German:
Transponieren
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Polish:
transpozycja
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Romanian:
transpunere
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Swedish:
transponering
— shift of a piece of music to a different musical key
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Asturian:
tresposición
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Bulgarian:
транспозиция
(transpozicija)
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Czech:
transpozice
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Czech:
provedení
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Czech:
provedení ve vnitrostátním právu
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Finnish:
kansallisen lainsäädännön osaksi saattaminen
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Finnish:
täytäntöönpano
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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French:
transposition
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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French:
transposition en droit interne
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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French:
transposition en droit national
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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German:
Umsetzung in innerstaatliches Recht
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Romanian:
transpunere
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Spanish:
transposición
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Spanish:
trasposición
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Swedish:
införlivande
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law
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Ukrainian:
транспозиція
(transpozycija)
— incorporation of the EU directive into domestic law