TRANSPOSE


Meaning of TRANSPOSE in English

— transposable , adj. — transposability , n. — transposer , n.

v. /trans pohz"/ ; n. /trans"pohz/ , v. , transposed, transposing , n.

v.t.

1. to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.

2. to transfer or transport.

3. Algebra. to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign.

4. Math. (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.

5. Music. to reproduce in a different key, by raising or lowering in pitch.

6. to transform; transmute.

v.i.

7. to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written: to transpose at sight.

n.

8. Math. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.

[ 1350-1400; ME transposen to transmute transposer. See TRANS-, POSE 1 ]

Syn. 1, 5. rearrange. 3. invert.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .