TRANSPOSI'TION, noun [Latin transpositio.] 1. A changing of the places of things and putting each in the place before occupied by the other; as the transposition of words in a sentence. 2. The state of being reciprocally changed in place. 3. In algebra, the bringing of any term of an equation to the other side. 4. In grammar, a change of the natural order of words in a sentence. The Latin and Greek languages admit transposition without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English. 5. In music, a change in the composition, either in the transcript or the performance, by which the whole is removed into another key.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI