Transposition - WikiHQ

Transposition may refer to:

Logic and mathematics

Transposition (mathematics), a permutation which exchanges two elements and keeps all others fixed
Transposition, producing the transpose of a matrix A<sup>T</sup>, which is computed by swapping columns for rows in the matrix A
Transpose of a linear map
Transposition (logic), a rule of replacement in philosophical logic
Transpose relation, another name for converse relation

Transposition (chess), different moves or a different move order leading to the same position, especially during the openings
Transposition table, used in computer games to speed up the search of the game tree

Transposition (birth defect), a group of congenital defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of tissue or organ
Transposition of the great vessels, cardiac transposition, a congenital heart defect with malformation of any of the major vessels
Transposition of teeth
Penoscrotal transposition
Transposition (horizontal gene transfer), the transfer of genetic material between organisms other than by vertical gene transfer
Transposons, or genetic transposition, a mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome

Transposition (law), the incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law
Transposition (music), moving a note or collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant number of semitones
Transposition (transmission lines), periodic swapping of positions of the conductors of a transmission line
Transposition cipher, an elementary cryptographic operation
Transposition, docking, and extraction an orbital maneuver performed on the Apollo lunar missions
Transposition, sleight of hand (magic), a performer appears to make two different objects ([usually] coins or cards) switch places with one another faster than physically possible.
Transpose, a database of academic journal preprinting policies maintained by ASAPbio