transpose
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[edit] Etymology
From French, from Latin perfect passive participle transpositus, from transponere, to put across, from trans, across, and ponere, to put
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to transpose (third-person singular simple present transposes, present participle transposing, simple past and past participle transposed)
- (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- (transitive) (music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key
- (transitive) (algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
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- (reverse or change the order of'): exchange, interchange, swap, swap over, swap round, switch
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reverse or change the order of two
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music: write or perform (a piece) in another key
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- Finnish: transponoida
algebra: move (a term) to the other side of an equation
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transpose (plural transposes)
- (linear algebra) The matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of another.
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matrix
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transpose

