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1. Change the order or arrangement of
   "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"
   - permute, commute
    
2. Transfer from one place or period to another
   - transfer, transplant
    
3. Cause to change places
   - counterchange, interchange
    
4. Transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
    
5. Put (a piece of music) into another key
    
6. Exchange positions without a change in value
   - commute
    
7. Change key
   "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"

1. A matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

Derived forms: transposed, transposing, transposes

See also: transposition

Type of: alter, arrange, change, change by reversal, matrix, modify, reverse, set, shift, transfer, turn

Encyclopedia: Transpose