Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transposition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transposition \Trans`po*si"tion\, n. [F. transposition, from L.
transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer;
trans across, over + ponere to place. See {Position}.]
The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.
Specifically:
(a) (Alg.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one
side over to the other without destroying the equation.
(b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a
sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit
transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater
extent than the English.
(c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transposition
n 1: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor
blood" [syn: {substitution}, {permutation}, {replacement},
{switch}]
2: act of reversing the order or place of [syn: {reversal}]
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