transpose
pronunciation
How to pronounce transpose in British English:
UK [trænˈspəʊz]
How to pronounce transpose in American English:
US [trænˈspoʊz]
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- Noun:
- a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
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- Verb:
- change the order or arrangement of
- transfer from one place or period to another
- cause to change places
- transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
- put (a piece of music) into another key
- transpose and remain equal in value
- change key
Word Origin
- transpose
- transpose: see position
- transpose (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French transposer "transfer, remove; present, render symbolically" (14c.), from Latin transponere (past participle transpositus) "to place over, set over," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Form altered in French on model of poser "to put, place." Sense of "put music in a different key" is from c. 1600. Related: Transposed; transposing.
Example
- 1. Transpose the words of a sentence .
- 2. This program achieves geometrical transform algorithm of images levle-remove , circumrotation , mirror , transpose , zoom and so on .
- 3. They transpose their leadership into a sense of humility , as if they are listening to an inner god or higher power when making decisions .
- 4. Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word .
- 5. Children often transpose letters when trying to spell unfamiliar words .