transposition
英 [trænspə'zɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːns-; -nz-]
美[,trænzpə'zɪʃən]
- n. [数] 移项；调换；换置；变调
英英释意
- 1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
- 2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
- "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
- 3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
- 4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
- 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"
- 6. the act of reversing the order or place of
- 7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards