transposition

transposition
—transpositional, transpositive /trans poz"i tiv/, adj.
/trans'peuh zish"euhn/, n.
1. an act of transposing.
2. the state of being transposed.
3. a transposed form of something.
4. Genetics. the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.
5. Photog. the process of reversing the tonality of an image, as from negative to positive.
6. Math. a permutation of a set of elements that interchanges two elements and leaves the remaining elements in their original positions.
[1530-40; < ML transposition- (s. of transpositio). See TRANS-, POSITION]

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  • transposition — [ trɑ̃spozisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1370; de transposer 1 ♦ Changement de place, et spécialt(XVIe) Interversion. « Par une transposition de sens, M. de Cambremer vous regardait avec son nez » (Proust). Pathol. Transposition vasculaire : anomalie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Transposition — may mean: * Transposition (cardiac), a congenital heart defect with malformation of any of the major vessels. * Transposition (chess), different moves or a different move order leading to the same position, especially during the openings. *… …   Wikipedia

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  • Transposition — Trans po*si tion, n. [F. transposition, from L. transponere, transpositum, to set over, remove, transfer; trans across, over + ponere to place. See {Position}.] The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transposition — 1530s, from Fr. transposition or directly from M.L. transpositionem, noun of action from transponere (see TRANSPOSE (Cf. transpose)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • transposition — transposition. См. транспозиция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Transposition — (v. lat.), 1) das Versetzen eines Gliedes einer Gleichung auf die entgegengesetzte Seite unter Veränderung des Vorzeichens. Ist z.B. gegeben 5a + 3b = c, so wird c transponirt, wenn man schreibt: 5a + 3b – c = o; diese T. ist richtig nach dem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • transposition — index delivery, exchange, replacement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • transposition — фр. [транспозисьо/н], нем. [транспозицио/н], англ. [транспэзи/шн] trasposizione ит. [траспозицио/нэ] транспозиция, транспонировка (перелож. произведения в др. тональность) …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

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