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Transposed

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Adjective

1. converse, reversed, transposed

turned about in order or relation

Example Sentences:
'transposed letters'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transposed

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verb
1. (transitive)
to alter the positions of; interchange, as words in a sentence; put into a different order
2. music
a. 
to play (notes, music, etc) in a different key from that originally intended
b. 
to move (a note or series of notes) upwards or downwards in pitch
3. (transitive) mathematics
to move (a term) from one side of an equation to the other with a corresponding reversal in sign
noun
4. mathematics
the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

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Transposed

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verb transitiveWord forms: transˈposed or transˈposing
1. 
to transfer or shift; now, specif., to change the usual, normal, relative, or respective order or position of; interchange
inadvertently transposed the e and the i in “weird”
2. 
to transfer (an algebraic term) from one side of an equation to the other, reversing the plus or minus value
3. 
to rewrite or play (a musical composition) in a different key or at another pitch level
4.  Obsolete
to transform; convert
verb intransitive
5. 
to play music in a key or at a pitch level different from the one in which it is written
noun
6.  Ancient Mathematics
a matrix obtained by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transposed

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v. trans·posed, trans·pos·ing, trans·pos·es
v.tr.
1. To reverse or transfer the order or place of; interchange. See Synonyms at reverse.
2. Mathematics To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other side, reversing its sign to maintain equality.
3. Music To write or perform (a composition) in a key other than the original or given key.
4. To render into another language.
5. To alter in form or nature; transform: a diary that was transposed into a novel.
v.intr.
1. Music To write or perform music in a different key.
2. To admit of being transposed.
n. (trănspōz′)
Mathematics
A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix.

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