(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
the act of reversing the order or place of
(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"
(mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower concentration until the concentration on both sides is equal
make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"