Transpose
verb (used with object), transposed, transposing.
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.
Mathematics. (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.
verb (used without object), transposed, transposing.
7.
to perform a piece of music in a key other than the one in which it is written:
to transpose at sight.
noun
8.
Mathematics. a matrix formed from a given matrix by transposing.
verb
1.
(transitive) to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
2.
(music)
to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
3.
(transitive) (maths) to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
noun
4.
(maths) the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
transpose trans·pose (trāns-pōz’)
v. trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es
To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another.
transpose
(trāns-pōz’)
To move a term or quantity from one side of an algebraic equation to the other by adding or subtracting that term to or from both sides. By subtracting 2 from both sides of the equation 2 + x = 4, one can transpose the 2 to the other side, yielding x = 4 – 2, and thus determine that x equals 2.
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