trans|pos´er

trans|pos´er
trans|pose «trans POHZ», verb, -posed, -pos|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to change the position or order of; interchange: »

Transpose the two colors to make a better design.

2. to change the usual order of (letters, words, or numbers) »

He transposed the numbers and mistakenly wrote 19 for 91.

3. Music. to change the key of (a composition).
4. to transfer (a term) to the other side of an algebraic equation, changing plus to minus or minus to plus. Abbr: tr.
5. Archaic. to transform; transmute; convert: »

Things base and vile…Love can transpose to form and dignity (Shakespeare).

–n.
Mathematics. a matrix formed by transposing the rows and columns of a given matrix.
╂[< French transposer < trans- across + poser to put. Compartym. under pose1. (Cf. ↑pose)]
–trans|pos´a|ble, adjective.
–trans|pos´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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