Meaning & use
transposition
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the act of transposing, that is, changing the order or position of two or more things; in music, moving a piece into a different key.
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A simple transposition of the two letters turned 'form' into 'from.'
The pianist performed a transposition of the song into a lower key to suit her voice.
A note on using this word
Transposition has specialized uses in music, where it means changing key, as well as in mathematics, genetics, and general writing, where it means swapping the order of elements.
Words with a similar meaning
rearrangementreordering
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