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Noun transposition has 7 senses

transposition, heterotaxy - any abnormal position of the organs of the body
--₁ is a kind of abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
--₂ is a kind of variation, fluctuation
transposition - (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
--₃ is a kind of mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
transposition - (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
--₄ is a kind of calculation, computation, computing

Derived form: verb transpose₄
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"
--₅ is a kind of rearrangement
transposition, reversal - the act of reversing the order or place of
--₆ is a kind of reordering

Derived form: verb transpose₁
transposition - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
--₇ is a kind of playing

Derived form: verb transpose₇