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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English transposen, from Old French transposer, from Latin trānspositus, perfect passive participle of trānspōnō (“to put across”), from trāns (“across”) + pōnō (“to put”).
Pronunciation
Verb
transpose (third-person singular simple present transposes, present participle transposing, simple past and past participle transposed)
- (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- (transitive, music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
- (transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
- Synonyms: reduce, cancel
- (transitive, linear algebra) To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
- (transitive, graph theory) To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
- (transitive, law, chiefly of the European Union) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
- (intransitive, chess) To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.
- After e6, the opening transposed to a Sicilian.
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Translations
to reverse or change the order of two
- Asturian: tresponer
- Bulgarian: разме́ствам (bg) impf (razméstvam)
- Dutch: verwisselen (nl), omwisselen (nl)
- Finnish: vaihtaa paikkaa, sekoittaa keskenään
- French: transposer (fr)
- Galician: traspoñer, traspór
- German: vertauschen (de), umstellen (de), die Reihenfolge ändern
- Greek: αναστρέφω (el) (anastréfo), αντιμεταθέτω (el) (antimetathéto)
- Hungarian: felcserél (hu), áthelyez (hu), áttesz (hu)
- Italian: scambiare (it)
- Macedonian: сме́ни (sméni), про́мени (prómeni), пре́фрли (préfrli)
- Maori: wehe, tau whakawhiti
- Portuguese: transpor (pt)
- Russian: переставля́ть (ru) impf (perestavljátʹ), переста́вить (ru) pf (perestávitʹ), переноси́ть (ru) impf (perenosítʹ), перенести́ (ru) pf (perenestí)
- Spanish: transponer (es), reversar (es)
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algebra: to move (a term) to the other side of an equation
mathematics: to rearrange elements in a matrix
law: to give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures
Adjective
transpose (not comparable)
- (linear algebra) Created by transposing a specified matrix.
- (graph theory) Created by transposing a specified graph.
Derived terms
Noun
transpose (plural transposes)
- (linear algebra) The matrix derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
- (graph theory) A graph whose every edge has had its direction reversed.
- Synonyms: converse, reverse
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the verb.
Pronunciation
Noun
transpose (plural transposes)
- (linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
transpose
- inflection of transposer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Italian
Verb
transpose
- third-person singular past historic of transporre
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