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