- 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 - transposition - (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign