What part of speech is transposition?

Transposition can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does transposition mean?

Definitions

Noun

transposition - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
transposition - (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
transposition - the act of reversing the order or place of
transposition - (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance; "he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition"
transposition - (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the body
transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

Examples of transposition

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1. noun He wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition.
Sentence  
noun
He wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition.

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