TRANSPOSE


Meaning of TRANSPOSE in English

■ verb

1》 cause to exchange places.

2》 transfer to a different place or context.

↘write or play (music) in a different key from the original.

■ noun Mathematics a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging rows and columns.

Derivatives

transposable adjective

transposal noun

~r noun

transposition noun

transpositional adjective

Origin

ME (also in the sense 'transform'): from OFr. ~r , from trans- 'across' + poser 'to place'.

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