transposition

n. act of transposing, transference, carrying, interchange; something which is transposed

Transposition may mean:Transposition (cardiac), a congenital heart defect with malformation of any of the major vessels.Transposition (chess), different moves or a different move order leading to the same position, especially during the openings.Transposition (cryptography), an elementary cryptographic operationTransposition (genetics), a mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosomeTransposition (law), the incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a state's  domestic law.Transposition (logic), a rule of replacement in philosophical logicTransposition (mathematics), a permutation which exchanges two elements and keeps all others fixedTransposition (music), moving a note or collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant intervalTranspose of a matrix, e.g. written ATTransposition table, used in computer games to speed up the search of the game treeTransposition (telecommunications)
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Transposition /trans·po·si·tion/ 1. displacement of a viscus to the opposite side. 2. the operation of carrying a tissue flap from one situation to [more]Transposition - Community and Resources

Noun
1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
(synonym) heterotaxy
(hypernym) abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
(synonym) substitution, permutation, replacement, switch
(hypernym) variation, fluctuation
3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
(hypernym) mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
(classification) genetics, genetic science
4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(hypernym) calculation, computation, computing
(derivation) transpose
(classification) algebra
5. (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"
(hypernym) rearrangement
(classification) electricity
6. the act of reversing the order or place of
(synonym) reversal
(hypernym) reordering
(derivation) permute, commute, transpose
7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
(hypernym) playing
(derivation) transpose
(classification) music

n. transposition, act of transposing, interchange; something which is transposed