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transpose Definition

trans·pose (trans pōz′)

transitive verb -·posed′, -·pos′·ing

  1. to transfer or shift; now, specif., to change the usual, normal, relative, or respective order or position of; interchange inadvertently transposed the e and the i in “weird”
  2. to transfer (an algebraic term) from one side of an equation to the other, reversing the plus or minus value
  3. to rewrite or play (a musical composition) in a different key or at another pitch level
  4. Obsolete to transform; convert

Etymology: ME transposen < MFr transposer (for L transponere): see trans- & pose

intransitive verb

to play music in a key or at a pitch level different from the one in which it is written

noun

Math. a matrix obtained by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

transpose Related Forms

trans·pos′·able adjective trans·pos′er noun

transpose Synonyms

transpose

v.

interchange, reverse, transfer; see change 1, exchange 1.

transpose Usage Examples

Object

  • directive: All member states should have transposed the directive into national law by July 2005.
  • matrix: These include adding two matrices together, multiplying two matrices, transposing a matrix and inverting a matrix.
  • instrument: The French Horn is a transposing instrument, usually described as " Horn in F " .
  • character: The errors checked for are transposed characters, a missing character, and a character too many.
  • provision: The United Kingdom has thus failed to fulfill its obligation to transpose those provisions into domestic law.
  • requirement: New regulations to transpose the requirements of the Directive have to be in place by 25 December 2000.

Preposition: into

  • law: The provisions of Directive 2004 had to be transposed into national law by 30 October 2005.
  • legislation: EC Directives are transposed into local legislation by local Regulations.
  • key: The songbook comes with bonus CD-ROM which enables all 33 songs to be transposed into any key.
  • setting: Or something can be transposed into a familiar setting with the same effect.

Modifies a noun

function: There is also a Key Transpose function which lets you change the pitch up or down in a range of one octave.

Modifying Another Word

  • simply: For the most part this will be done by simply transposing the directives in question, word for word, into Czech legislation.
  • fully: European Directives on midwifery, adopted 20 years ago, have yet to be fully transposed into national law.
  • then: A pub table was then transposed over the moving image to create the dramatic scene.
  • not: Eleven member states have still not transposed the directive with serious implications for the industry.
  • correctly: Protest when the laws are not transposed correctly into national legislation or when they are breached.
  • often: The ages of each are often transposed and even the races are occasionally interchanged.

Noun used with modifier

  • matrix: This relies on a fast distributed matrix transpose operation I have developed.
  • T: RWUpperTriMat T transpose ( const RWUpperTriMat T & ); Returns the transpose of the argument matrix.

Preposition: of

matrix: The transpose of the matrix is a right inverse of the generator matrix.