单词 | transposition |
释义 | transpositionn. The action of transposing, or condition of being transposed; the result of this. 1. a. gen. Removal from one position to another; transference. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun] > placing or being placed in different position transposition1538 shuffling1604 transplacing1615 translocation1617 transposal1695 relocating1789 relocation1834 translocalization1883 re-siting1916 repositioning1931 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Transcribere, the transposition of a possession from one to an other. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. vii. 19 Well may masters consider how easie a transposition it had been for God, to have made him to mount into the saddle that holds the stirrop. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 42 This was the Doctrine of Pythagoras.., that no Real Entity perishes in Corruptions, nor is produced in Generations, but only new Modifications and Transpositions made. 1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 314 A transposition of the critic into the author's point of vision. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] remeninga1382 translatinga1382 translationa1382 interpretation1382 interpretingc1384 reducing?a1425 traductiona1533 conversion1586 reddition1609 renderinga1653 rendition1653 transposition1653 transfusion1700 gloss1756 reduction1826 transc1877 machine-aided translation1966 1653 Ld. Vaux tr. A. Godeau Life St. Paul A ij To publish this elaborate transposition of your Lordships out of French into English. 2. a. Alteration of order, or interchange of position, esp. of letters in a word, or words in a sentence; metathesis; the result of such action; a word or sentence transposed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > transliteration > [noun] transposition1582 transpose1589 trajectiona1613 translettering1802 transliteration1835 transcription1870 metagraphy1872 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > transposition transposing1550 transposition1582 transpose1589 marrowskying1860 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position trajectiona1613 transposition1727 transposal1866 shift1929 1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue lxxx By tables of transilition to decypher any thing that is written by secret transposition of letters. 1620 J. Taylor Life & Death Virgin Mary sig. C1 For in an Anagram Iskarryott is By letters transposition, traytor kis. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 248 Beza..thinks that a transposition of two Verses hath darkened these Texts. 1727 H. Herbert tr. C. Fleury Eccl. Hist. I. 62 There are so many..hyperbatons and transpositions, which render his stile difficult. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 103 The mysterious transposition of the portraits. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Choephori (ed. 2) 219 (note) By the accidental transposition of the verses. 1965 J. J. Rotman Theory of Groups iii. 35 Of all the permutations, surely the transposition, which merely interchanges two points, is the simplest. 1972 A. G. Howson Handbk. Terms Algebra & Anal. x. 51 Any permutation can be expressed as a product of transpositions. 1981 Sci. Amer. Mar. 19/2 If you are willing to let cycles share members, however, any cycle can be further broken up into 2-cycles (called transpositions, or sometimes swaps). b. Mathematics. The interchange of each row of a matrix with the corresponding column. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > array > matrix > operation or result of transposition1858 latent root1883 involutant1890 character1931 commutator1935 trace1938 1858 A. Cayley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 148 31 Two matrices such as |a, b/ c, d|, |a, c/ b, d|, are said to be formed one from the other by transposition. 1955 Geophysics XX. 300 The transposition of the ξ12′ matrix was necessary to reveal the trend in the u..direction. 3. Music. (a) Alteration of key; the performance of a piece in a different key from that in which it is written, or the writing of a piece in a different key from the original; also transferred a transposed piece. †(b) Inversion of parts in counterpoint. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > key > transposition transposition1609 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 26 Transposition is the remouing of a Song or a Key from his proper place. 1740 (title) Calliope, or English Harmony: a Collection of..English and Scots Songs,..with the Thorough Bass and Transpositions for the Flute. 1889 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music IV. 161/1 In transposition it often happens that a natural has to be represented by a sharp or flat, and vice versa. 4. Algebra. Transference of a quantity from one side of an equation (or one member of a proportion) to the other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [noun] > correspondence > inverting alternate proportion1570 inversion1645 transposition1664 reversion1698 involution1916 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [noun] > correspondence > preserving relations or elements > changing order permutation1645 transposition1664 alternation1685 transmutationa1690 variation1710 commutation1852 substitution1854 logical shift1946 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 130 Here is now four Proportionals, and by any three given, you may strike out [? = hit upon] the fourth, by Conversion, Transposition, and Division of them. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 622 In Transposition of the next Equation..the Signs are accordingly changed. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 456/2 If known and unknown quantities are linked together, separate them by transposition. 5. Anatomy. Abnormal position of the organs of the body, e.g. the heart being on the right side; heterotaxy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > transposition transposition1842 situs inversus1844 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Transposition of the Viscera..consists in the viscera being found out of the situations they ordinarily occupy. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1643 Heterotaxy, or transposition, the teratogenesis of which is still obscure. 6. An alteration of the relative positions of power lines or telephone lines at intervals along their length, in order to minimize effects of mutual inductance and capacitance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > variation of position transposition1911 1911 A. B. Smith Mod. Amer. Telephony xxii. 616 Transpositions are unnecessary when there is but one circuit on a pole line. 1959 K. Henney Radio Engin. Handbk. (ed. 5) xxviii. 26 In the case of pairs used for high frequencies, the locations of the transpositions must be quite precise. 1975 R. L. Freeman Telecommunication Transmission Handbk. iv. 164 The dipole type of LP antenna is fed by a balanced transmission line with 180° transpositions at alternate dipole elements. 7. Genetics. The transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position on the same or another chromosome. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [noun] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > transfer translocation1921 transposition1924 introgression1938 introgressive hybridization1938 sexduction1960 transgenosis1973 1924 Hereditas V. 174 In his case of transposition (or translocation) a piece of one of the second chromosomes has been fastened to one of the third chromosomes. 1954 B. P. Kaufmann in A. Hollaender Radiation Biol. I. ii. ix. 650 The viable types of intrachromosomal rearrangement include inversions and transpositions. 1978 Nature 20 July 211/3 The subsequent transposition of tetracycline resistance from this engineered plasmid must therefore be due to the transposition of the toxin gene. Derivatives transpoˈsitional adj. rare of, pertaining to, or involving transposition. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [adjective] > interchangeable convertiblec1386 interchangeablea1569 commutable1649 exchangeable1651 counterchangeable1672 permutable1776 transpositionala1800 interconvertible1827 transposable1835 substitutable1925 a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 77 The most striking..error in pronunciation among the Londoners..lies in the transpositional use of the letters W and V... Thus they always say Weal, instead of veal..Vicked, for wicked. 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