trans
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si
tion
Plural
transpositions
1
the act or process of moving something to a different place
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2
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
3
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
4
(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
5
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
6
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
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any abnormal position of the organs of the body
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