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Definition of Transposing
1. transpose [v] - See also: transpose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transposing
Literary usage of Transposing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1879)
"Westphal has very appropriately used for the tonoi or tropoi the epithet
Transpositions-scalen, or transposing-scales, avoiding the word Tonarten or modes, ..."
2. English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Consisting of by Lindley Murray (1811)
"CHAPTER I. On transposing the Members of a Sentence. THE practice of transposing
the members of sentences, is an exercise so useful to young persons, ..."
3. English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Consisting of by Lindley Murray (1817)
"I. On transposing the Members of a Sentence. THE practice of transposing the
members of sen- tenet s, is an exercise so useful to young persons, ..."
4. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"Opticians speak of transposing a lens when they substitute a glass of one form
... The following rules for transposing cylindrical lenses may be useful: (1) ..."
5. The Art of Accompanying by Algernon H. Lindo (1916)
"CHAPTER IV transposing The question is often asked: "Is it possible to learn
transposing, or is it purely a natural gift?" This question is one to which it ..."
6. Memories of a Musical Life by William Mason (1901)
"UNUSUAL PUPILS—transposing— POSITIVE AND RELATIVE PITCH I ONCE gave to an
intelligent pupil the task of transposing one of Bach's inventions into various ..."
7. Elements of Geometry by Adrien Marie Legendre (1825)
"Thus, in transposing the term ex of the literal equation ax — 6 = cx + d from
the second member to the first, we have ax — 6 — cx = d; transposing also — 6 ..."
8. English Exercises: Adapted to the Grammar Lately Published by L. Murray by Lindley Murray (1802)
"On transposing the Members of a ^entente. ^. THE practice of transposing' the
members of sentences, is an exercise so useful to young persons, ..."
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