TRANSPOSITION


Meaning of TRANSPOSITION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtran(t)s-pə-ˈzi-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Anglo-French transposicion, from Medieval Latin transposition-, transpositio, from Latin transponere to transpose

Date: 1538

1.

a. : an act, process, or instance of transposing or being transposed

b. : the transfer of a segment of DNA from one site to another in the genome

2.

a. : the transfer of any term of an equation from one side over to the other side with a corresponding change of the sign

b. : a mathematical permutation or interchange of two letters or symbols

• trans·po·si·tion·al -ˈzish-nəl, -ˈzi-shə-n ə l adjective

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