v.
- cause to exchange places.
- transfer to a different place or context.
▸write or play (music) in a different key from the original.
n.
Mathematics a matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging rows and columns.
Derivative
- transposable adj.
- transposal n.
- transposer n.
- transposition n.
- transpositional adj.
Etymology
ME (also in the sense ‘transform’): from OFr. transposer, from trans- ‘across’ + poser ‘to place’.
