TRANSPOSE


Meaning of TRANSPOSE in English

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

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