transpose
/transˈpəʊz
/ /trɑːnsˈpəʊz/ /tranzˈpəʊz/ /trɑːnzˈpəʊz/verb [with object]
1Cause (two or more things) to exchange places: the situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transposed...
- When I tracked down Robyn's correct number to call her, I found that I had accidentally transposed the last two digits.
- About ten days later, I got a message from him on my answering machine. ‘They had transposed two of the numbers on your license plate.’
- How often have you been typing something, and you accidentally transposed two different letters?
Synonyms
interchange, exchange, switch, swap (round), transfer, reverse, invert, rearrange, reorder, turn about/around, change (round), move (around), substitute, trade, alter, convert
2Transfer to a different place or context: an evacuation order transposed the school from Kent to Shropshire the themes are transposed from the sphere of love to that of work...
- It embraced the themes of freedom and individuality and transposed them onto an urban, man-made context.
- Of course, Durkheim did not directly transpose this rather slighting view of economic pursuits from the context of preliterate, tribal existence to that of more advanced societies.
- The challenge remains, however, to transpose stories composed within an ancient context so that they are relevant in a modern one.
Synonyms
shift, relocate, reposition, transplant, move, displace
2.1Write or play (music) in a different key from the original: the basses are transposed down an octave...
- Traditionally a British brass instrument, she has had to learn how to transpose music for the horn, expanding her musical knowledge beyond what she may have anticipated.
- It was probably done when the RCM parts were transposed down a fifth from the pitch still reproduced in the Durham organ part.
- I haven't checked to see if any part has been transposed down, but it's immaterial, because one can take a 10-minute rest, then ‘splice in’ the most strenuous phrase.
2.2 Mathematics Transfer (a term), with its sign changed, to the other side of an equation.On the other hand, if adjacent digits and are transposed, the transposition will go undetected when multiplied by the difference between their weights is a multiple of.
2.3Translate into another language: a sequence of French tales transposed into English...
- And it cannot be transposed into another language.
- Just transpose the language into a different context and we're hearing a whole new set of meanings.
- Beyond simply transposing the text into English, the translator and the company dedicated a lot of time to discussing the context of the script with the author.
noun Mathematics
A matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column: the new matrix is called the transpose of A...
- The superscript denotes the transpose of a vector or a matrix.
- To obtain the transpose of a matrix, the rows of the matrix become the columns and vice versa.
- A' is the transpose matrix of A, in which rows of A are changed into columns of A'.
Derivatives
transposable
/ adjective ...- Those of us who confess to a Whig disposition subconsciously cling to the belief that change and progress are transposable concepts.
- The sequence alterations caused by RIP and gene conversion can obscure the evolutionary history of transposable elements.
- The analyses of the distribution of transposable elements have shown practically as many different patterns as the number of studied elements.
transposal
/ noun ...- In this request, the Commission questioned the transposal of the Directive into Spanish law and its implementation.
- Passengers on trains that need to go via Flinders Street first are most at risk of transposals.
- The Czech Republic and Ireland have not yet communicated the measures for the transposal of this Directive into their national law.
transposer
- It was designed as a real-time instrument with six effects of its own, including transposer, accumulator, exaggerator, lo/hi filter and tracer.
- This new music transposer and educational tool is designed to enhance students' mastery of music theory.
- Both digital and analog transmitters and transposers can be remotely monitored and controlled.
Origin
Late Middle English (also in the sense 'transform, convert'): from Old French transposer, from trans- 'across' + poser 'to place'.