What is the meaning of transposed?

verb

  • Change the order or arrangement of.
    • usage: "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
  • Transfer from one place or period to another.
    • usage: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
  • Cause to change places.
    • usage: "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"
  • 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.
  • Exchange positions without a change in value.
    • usage: "These operators commute with each other"
  • Change key.
    • usage: "Can you transpose this fugue into G major"

adjective

  • Turned about in order or relation.
    • usage: "transposed letters"
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APAWordNet. (2010). transposed. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/transposed/definitions/1185681
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "transposed" http://smartdefine.org/transposed/definitions/1185681 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, transposed, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/transposed/definitions/1185681>.
MLAWordNet. "transposed" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/transposed/definitions/1185681>
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