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Definition of Transpositional
1. a. Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.
Definition of Transpositional
1. Adjective. Pertaining to, or involving, transposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transpositional
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transpositional
Literary usage of Transpositional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Principles of Harmony for School and Self-instruction by Salomon Jadassohn (1895)
"To prevent the repetition of transpositional signs in each measure of a key other
than that of C major, so many transpositional signs are placed at the ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1851)
"Is there not a transpositional misprint in the colophon of the old German Life of S.
Dorothea, the so-called patroness of Prussia ? ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"... I confess, lies in the transpositional t»e of the letters W, and V, ever to
be heard where there it any possibility of inverting them. ..."
4. The Life of Whitelaw Reid by Royal Cortissoz (1921)
"Some use of a dictionary cipher was made in the South Carolina and Florida
despatches, but in those States a double, transpositional cipher was employed, ..."
5. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni (1911)
"minor key with its transpositional relations, our "twelve-semitone system,"
exhibits such a case of falling behind. * * * That some few have already felt ..."
6. The Literary Magazine, and American Register by Charles Brockden Brown (1806)
"The most striking and most offensive error in pronunciation among the Londoners
lies in the transpositional use of the letters VV and V, ever to be heard ..."
7. Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of by Samuel Pegge, Francis Grose (1814)
"But, after all, the most striking and most offensive error in pronunciation among
the Londoners, I confess, lies in the transpositional use of the letters ..."
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