transpositions

Meanings

Noun

• any abnormal position of the organs of the body
• an event in which one thing is substituted for another
• (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
• (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
• (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
• the act of reversing the order or place of
• (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
• plural of transposition

Synonyms

heterotaxy, permutation, replacement, reversal, substitution, switch, transposition