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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transpose/tranˈspəʊz/
verb
  • 1 cause to exchange places.
  • 2 transfer to a different place or context.

    ■ write or play (music) in a different key from the original.

noun Mathematics a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging rows and columns.
– derivatives
transposable adjective,
transposal noun,
transposer noun,
transposition noun,
transpositional adjective.
– origin ME (also in the sense ‘transform’): from OFr. transposer, from trans- ‘across’ + poser ‘to place’.



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