TRANSPOSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transposition mean? 

• TRANSPOSITION (noun)
  The noun TRANSPOSITION has 7 senses:

1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body

2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

5. (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance

6. the act of reversing the order or place of

7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

  Familiarity information: TRANSPOSITION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSPOSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any abnormal position of the organs of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

heterotaxy; transposition

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An event in which one thing is substituted for another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

permutation; replacement; substitution; switch; transposition

Context example:

the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

chromosomal mutation; genetic mutation; mutation ((genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

calculation; computation; computing (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)

Domain category:

algebra (the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations)

Derivation:

transpose (transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

rearrangement (changing an arrangement)

Domain category:

electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The act of reversing the order or place of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reversal; transposition

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)

Derivation:

transpose (change the order or arrangement of)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transposition" is a kind of...):

playing (the act of playing a musical instrument)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Derivation:

transpose (change key)

 Context examples 

This gene may play a role in gene transposition.

(PGBD5 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The abnormal arrangement or position of thoracic and/or abdominal organs in relation to each other, often occurring in a right/left transposition.

(Heterotaxia, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes piggyBac transposable element-derived protein 5, may involved in transposition.

(PGBD5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyanotic congenital cardiovascular abnormality characterized by the transposition of the aorta and the pulmonary artery.

(Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries, NCI Thesaurus)

A cyanotic congenital cardiovascular abnormality characterized by the transposition of the aorta and the pulmonary artery.

(Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries, NCI Thesaurus)

A short DNA sequence found in prokaryotic and some eukaryotic genomes that encodes proteins involved in DNA transposition and is usually flanked by inverted repeats.

(DNA Insertion Elements, NCI Thesaurus)

Any transmissible change in the genetic material of an organism, which can result from radiation, viral infection, transposition, treatment with mutagenic chemicals and errors during DNA replication or meiosis.

(Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)