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   Trans·pose

   /tran(t)ˈspōz/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause (two or more things) to change places with each other: "the captions describing the two state flowers were accidentally transposed" Similar interchangeexchangeswitchswap (around)transferreverseinvertrearrangereorderturn aroundchange (around)move (around)substitutetradealterconvert
   • 2. transfer to a different place or context: "the problems of civilization are transposed into a rustic setting" Similar shiftrelocaterepositiontransplantmovedisplace
   • ▪ write or play (music) in a different key or register from the original: "the basses are transposed down an octave"
   • ▪ transfer (a term), with its sign changed, to the other side of an equation.

   noun

   • 1. a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column: "the new matrix is called the transpose of A"

   Word Origin late Middle English (also in the sense ‘transform, convert’): from Old French transposer, from trans- ‘across’ + poser ‘to place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transposable adjective
   • 2. transposal noun
   • 3. transposer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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