: a matrix formed from another matrix by interchanging the rows and columns
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Though transposing two digits can be disastrous, transposing two letters in a word often doesn't matter too much. (You can prboalby raed tihs setnence witohut too mcuh toruble.) Transposing two words or sounds—as in "Can I sew you to another sheet?"—has been a good source of humor over the years. Doctors sometimes discover that something in the body—a nerve, an organ, etc.—has been transposed, or moved away from its proper place. For musicians, transposing means changing the key of a piece; if you can do this at a moment's notice, you've been well trained.
reverse is the most general term and may imply change in order, side, direction, meaning.
reversed his position on the trade agreement
transpose implies a change in order or relative position of units often through exchange of position.
transposed the letters to form an anagram
invert applies chiefly to turning upside down or inside out.
the number 9 looks like an inverted 6
Example Sentences
Verb I must have accidentally transposed the numbers when I dialed his phone number. a story originally set in London that has been transposed to Paris for this film a melody transposed to the key of C
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Like Helga Testorf, who merely had to stand still for Andrew Wyeth to want to transpose her spirit, Sedgwick had only to walk and talk for Warhol to track her every move on film. Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022 Thus, even a tiny jump of, say, 200MB in RAM, or 2.5 percent, could make a significant difference for a developer trying to transpose a certain fidelity level of shadows or ambient occlusion from Series X to Series S. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022 The mere task of figuring out how to transpose Krakauer’s version of events onto the screen would prove a challenge to anyone, let alone someone with such close personal ties to the material. Caroline Framke, Variety, 26 Apr. 2022 This week’s contest — to transpose two letters in a word or phrase — has often been an option in our change-a-letter neologism contests over the years.Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Plenty of hyper-prolific pop stars have figured out how to transpose their humanity into hits in real time, but Adele knows she’s offering something else. Chris Richards, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2021 Moreover, diverse parties could use the token and transpose value inside them without ever using banks. Sani Abdul-jabbar, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021 But absent this explanation, the ambience did much to transpose the fauna of the Nocturnal House into a child’s gathering nightmares. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020 Of all of these, the birthday may be the most challenging to transpose online: Birthday parties lack inherent structure. Alix Wall, SFChronicle.com, 1 June 2020
Noun
The sequence of data transfer, transpose and orchestration. Prashanth Southekal, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French transposer, from Latin transponere (perfect indicative transposui) to change the position of, from trans- + ponere to put, place — more at position