transposition
transposition is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: --(a) (Alg.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation. (b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English. (c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- about
- anastrophe
- and
- aside
- away
- banishment
- before
- bottom
- capsize
- cart
- contraposition
- contrariety
- contrary
- depart
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- dispel
- displace
- displacement
- displant
- down
- draft
- eject
- ejectment
- element
- elocation
- empty
- eversion
- exile
- fish
- head
- heavy
- homeless
- horse
- houseless
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- inside
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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