transposition
/,trænspə'zɪʃən/
noun
13 letters4 syllables15 points in Scrabble®18 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
NOUN
1
Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.
2
An event in which one thing is substituted for another.
3
The act of reversing the order or place of.
4
(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”
5
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.
6
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.
7
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards.
WORD FORMS
Related formtranspose
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®15 points
Words With Friends®18 points
Double word30 points
Triple word45 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinanspositiontray
Starts & ends withT … N
Syllablestrans · po · si · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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