transposition

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any abnormal position of the organs of the body
noun an event in which one thing is substituted for another
noun (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome

From Middle French transposition, from Medieval Latin transpositio.

"Everybody ready for transposition?" he called. — Time Crime, H. Beam Piper
The comic in TRANSPOSITION is much more far-reaching. — Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic, Henri Bergson
The transposition of letters according to a constant formula. — In Jeopardy, Van Tassel Sutphen

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