— 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.