transposition

Meanings

• any abnormal position of the organs of the body
• an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
• (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
• (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
• (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance;
• "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"
• the act of reversing the order or place of
• (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Synonyms

• heterotaxy
• substitution
• permutation
• replacement
• switch
• reversal

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