transpose

 
Pronunciation: /transˈpəʊz, trɑːns-, -nz-/

verb

[with object]
  • 1cause (two or more things) to exchange places: the situation might have been the same if the parties in opposition and government had been transposed
  • 2transfer to a different place or context: an evacuation order transposed the school from Kent to Shropshire the themes are transposed from the sphere of love to that of work
  • write or play (music) in a different key from the original: the basses are transposed down an octave
  • Mathematics transfer (a term), with its sign changed, to the other side of an equation.
  • translate into another language: a sequence of French tales transposed into English

noun

Mathematics
  • a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging each row and the corresponding column: the new matrix is called the transpose of A

Derivatives

transposable

adjective

transposal

noun

transposer

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (also in the sense 'transform, convert'): from Old French transposer, from trans- 'across' + poser 'to place'