transcription, транскрипция: [ trænspoʊz ]
( transposes, transposing, transposed)
1.
If you transpose something from one place or situation to another, you move it there.
Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next...
= transfer
VERB : V n from n to n
• trans‧po‧si‧tion
(transpositions)
...a transposition of ‘Macbeth’ to third century BC China.
N-VAR : oft N of n
2.
If you transpose two things, you reverse them or put them in each other’s place.
Many people inadvertently transpose digits of the ZIP code.
= reverse
VERB : V n
• trans‧po‧si‧tion
His pen name represented the transposition of his initials and his middle name.
N-VAR : oft N of n