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transpose
[trans-pohz, trans-pohz]
verb (used with object)
to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange.
to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
Synonyms:to transfer or transport.
Algebra.Ģżto bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.
Synonyms:Mathematics.Ģż(of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.
Music.Ģżto reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.
Synonyms:to transform; transmute.
verb (used without object)
to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written.
to transpose at sight.
noun
Mathematics.Ģża matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
transpose
/ ³Ł°łĆ¦²Ō²õĖ±čÉŹ³ś /
verb
(tr) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
music
to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
(tr) maths to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
noun
maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
transpose
To move a term or quantity from one side of an algebraic equation to the other by adding or subtracting that term to or from both sides. By subtracting 2 from both sides of the equation 2 + x = 4, one can transpose the 2 to the other side, yielding x = 4 ā 2, and thus determine that x equals 2.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- transposable adjective
- transposability noun
- transposer noun
- nontransposable adjective
- nontransposing adjective
- untransposed adjective
- ³Ł°ł²¹²Ō²õĖ±č“Ē²õ±š°ł noun
- ³Ł°ł²¹²Ō²õĖ±č“Ē²õ²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- ³Ł°ł²¹²Ō²õĖ±č“Ē²õ²¹Ė²ś¾±±ō¾±³Ł²ā noun
- ³Ł°ł²¹²Ō²õĖ±č“Ē²õ²¹±ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of transpose1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of transpose1
Example Sentences
She starts on plain lined sheets, then she transposes the keepers to āscalloped paper plates.ā
The danger of the Christian nationalist worldview is that it raises the stakes of political contests exponentially, transposing political opponents into existential enemies.
āBut our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.ā
So I went in and I looked at the house and I walked around and looked at the patterns and colors Sarah put in there, and got those transposed from the wall to the dress.ā
It was easy to transpose that resentment from these fictional, historical figures to the bad actors who stole my big brotherās last breath on a cross of labored breath built years before we were born.
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