Transposition may refer to:
Logic and mathematics Transposition (mathematics), a permutation which exchanges two elements and keeps all others fixed Transposition, producing the transpose of a matrix AT, which is computed by swapping columns for rows in the matrix A Transpose of a linear map Transposition (logic), a rule of replacement in philosophical logic Transpose relation, another name for converse relation
Games Transposition (chess), different moves or a different move order leading to the same position, especially during the openings Transposition table, used in computer games to speed up the search of the game tree
Biology Transposition (birth defect), a group of congenital defects involving an abnormal spatial arrangement of tissue or organ Transposition of the great vessels, cardiac transposition, a congenital heart defect with malformation of any of the major vessels Transposition of teeth Penoscrotal transposition Transposition (horizontal gene transfer), the transfer of genetic material between organisms other than by vertical gene transfer Transposons, or genetic transposition, a mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transferred to a new position on the same or another chromosome
Other uses Transposition (law), the incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law Transposition (music), moving a note or collection of notes up or down in pitch by a constant number of semitones Transposition (transmission lines), periodic swapping of positions of the conductors of a transmission line Transposition cipher, an elementary cryptographic operation Transposition, docking, and extraction an orbital maneuver performed on the Apollo lunar missions Transposition, sleight of hand (magic), a performer appears to make two different objects ([usually] coins or cards) switch places with one another faster than physically possible. Transpose, a database of academic journal preprinting policies maintained by ASAPbio