Noun
1. any abnormal position of the organs of the body
2. an event in which one thing is substituted for another;
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"3. (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
4. (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity form one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
5. (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"6. the act of reversing the order or place of
7. (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards