transposition

NOUN /,trænspə'zɪʃən/
13 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T

transposition is a valid 13-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1R1A1N1S1P3O1S1I1T1I1O1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING

What does transposition mean?

NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

Any abnormal position of the organs of the body.

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2

An event in which one thing is substituted for another.

3

The act of reversing the order or place of.

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4

(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

(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome.

6

(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign.

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(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards.

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