Discuss transpose here.
verb transitive
Ordinary Language:
1) To change the place or order of by putting each in the place of the other; to cause to change places.
“The letters of Elizabetha regina transposes thus . . .” - Camden
2) To put out of place; to remove.
“That which you are my thoughts cannot transpose;
Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.” - Shakespeare
Technically:
1) Algebra: To bring a quantity from one member of an equation to the other. This is done by simply changing its sign. Thus if we transpose the quantity ‘b’ in the equation a+b=c, we a=c-b.
2) Grammar: To change the natural order of words.
3) Music: To change the key of; to write or play in another key.
“Attempts have been made at various times to construct a pianoforte that would enable the player to transpose the key of the music that might be played upon it.” - Scribner’s Magazine
noun
Transposition
“This man was very perfit and fortunate in these “transposes.” - Puttenham
[French transposer, from trans = across, and poser = to place.]
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