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Definition of Transposition

1. Noun. Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.

2. Noun. An event in which one thing is substituted for another. "The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

3. Noun. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.

4. Noun. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.

5. Noun. (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"

6. Noun. The act of reversing the order or place of.

7. Noun. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards.

Definition of Transposition

1. n. The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.

Definition of Transposition

1. Noun. (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transposition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transposition

1. The movement of a piece of DNA around the chromosome (from one gene to another part of the genome), usually through the function of a transposable element. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transposition

transportments transports transposability transposable transposable element transposal transposals transposase transposases transpose

transposed transposer transposers transposes transposing transposition (current term) transpositional transpositionally transpositions transpositive

transposon transposon mutagenesis transposons transpression transpressionism transpressionisms transpressive

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