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trans·po·si·tion

(trăns′pə-zĭsh′ən)

a. The act or an instance of transposing.

b. The state of being transposed.

2. Something transposed.

3. Genetics Transfer of a segment of DNA to a new position on the same or another chromosome or plasmid.

trans′po·si′tion·al adj.

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transposition

(ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən)

1. the act of transposing or the state of being transposed

2. something transposed

ˌtranspoˈsitional, transpositive adj

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trans•po•si•tion

(ˌtræns pəˈzɪʃ ən)

n.

1. an act of transposing.

2. the state of being transposed.

3. a transposed form of something.

4. the movement of a gene or set of genes from one DNA site to another.

[1530–40; < Medieval Latin trānspositiō. See trans-, position]

trans`po•si′tion•al, trans•pos′i•tive (-ˈpɒz ɪ tɪv) adj.

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Noun	1.	transposition - any abnormal position of the organs of the body heterotaxy abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
	2.	transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" permutation, substitution, switch, replacement variation, fluctuation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
	3.	transposition - (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms chromosomal mutation, genetic mutation, mutation - (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
	4.	transposition - (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign calculation, computation, computing - the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods algebra - the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations
	5.	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" rearrangement - changing an arrangement electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons
	6.	transposition - the act of reversing the order or place of reversal reordering - a rearrangement in a different order
	7.	transposition - (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards playing - the act of playing a musical instrument music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

transposition

noun

1. The act of exchanging or substituting:

change, commutation, exchange, interchange, shift, substitution, switch, trade.

Informal: swap.

2. The act of changing or being changed from one position, direction, or course to the opposite:

inversion, reversal, turnabout, turnaround.

Translations

Transposition

transposition

trasposizione

transposition

[ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃən] N

1. [of words] → transposición f

2. (Mus) → transporte m

3. (= transfer) → traslado m

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transposition

[ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃ^ən] n

(= movement) → transposition f

(= reversal) [digits, letters] → inversion f

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transposition

n → Umstellung f, → Vertauschung f; (Mus) → Transponierung f

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transposition

[ˌtrænspəˈzɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → trasposizione f

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trans·po·si·tion

n. transposición.

1. desplazamiento de un órgano o parte a una posición opuesta;

2. cambio genético de un cromosoma a otro que resulta a veces en defectos genéticos.

transposition

n transposición f

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Suppose an article had been introduced into the Constitution, empowering the United States to regulate the elections for the particular States, would any man have hesitated to condemn it, both as an unwarrantable transposition of power, and as a premeditated engine for the destruction of the State governments?

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"You know about transmigration of souls; do you know about transposition of epochs -- and bodies?"

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They should observe what elements mingle in their off spring; for if the son of a golden or silver parent has an admixture of brass and iron, then nature orders a transposition of ranks, and the eye of the ruler must not be pitiful towards the child because he has to descend in the scale and become a husbandman or artisan, just as there may be sons of artisans who having an admixture of gold or silver in them are raised to honour, and become guardians or auxiliaries.

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His analysis and construction of ideas has no foundation in fact; it is only the dialectic of the mind 'talking to herself.' The philosophy of Berkeley is but the transposition of two words.

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Raising the anagram to the height of a science, he declared that the destiny of every man was written in the words or phrase given by the transposition of the letters of his names and titles; and his patriotism struggled hard to suppress the fact--signal evidence for his theory--that in Horatio Nelson, "honor est a Nilo." Ever since the accession of Charles X., he had bestowed much thought on the king's anagram.

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The prenatal diagnostic conclusions were (1) evidence of transposition of the great arteries and (2) suspicion of type I esophageal atresia.

Prenatal Detection of Esophageal Atresia with Transposition of Great Arteries

There are some trivial examples to be found, in which the transposition only results in the appearance of the same word: mama, papa, tutu, pawpaw, pompom, murmur, couscous, hotshots.

SOME OF THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST

Open surgery with LRV transposition has usually been recommended for patients with PNS.[1],[2],[3],[4] However, existing surgical means of treatment are not sufficiently safe, effective, or minimally invasive.

Two-Year Follow-up on Laparoscopic Three-Dimensional Printed Extravascular Stent Placement for Posterior Nutcracker Syndrome

Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of balloon atrial septostomy under transthoracic Echocardiographic guidance in ward setting in patients with transposition of great arteries.

BALLOON ATRIAL SEPTOSTOMY: IS BEDSIDE PROCEDURE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE UNDER TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE?

Cyprus and Belgium had last year the highest amount of open cases concerning late transposition of EU Directives, a report said on Thursday.

Cyprus bottom of the class on EU directive adoption

Transposition is an interchange in the position of two adjacent teeth in the same quadrant of the dental arch.

Bilateral transposition--a rare case with a literature review/Bilateral transpozisyon--literatur taramasi esliginde nadir bir vaka