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Definition of Transpositions
1. transposition [n] - See also: transposition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transpositions
Literary usage of Transpositions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (2001)
"Cuts and transpositions were made at the end of Act IV. in order to close it with
the voyage of the barge of Theseus, through a summer landscape, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Theory of Groups of Finite Order by Harold Hilton (1908)
"Any permutation can be expressed as the product of transpositions. ... If the
product of Jc transpositions is of degree m with s cycles (including cycles of ..."
3. The Sources of Luke's Passion-narrative by Alfred Morris Perry (1920)
"transpositions OF THE ORDER OF THE NARRATIVE In the matter of transpositions of
the order ... Besides these transpositions of sections, there are also eight ..."
4. Theory of Groups of Finite Order by William Burnside (1897)
".(ps), so that every circular substitution can be represented as u product of
transpositions ; and thence, since every substitution is the product of a ..."
5. Inductive Interference Between Electric Power and Communication Circuits by California Public Utilities Commission (1919)
"Effectiveness of transpositions. Effect of irregularities and leakage. III. ...
Effect of transpositions and variation of frequency. SECTION III—RESUME. ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"VOWEL-transpositions AND OTHER CHANGES a becomes &, as, mak (make), tak (take),
... transpositions ..."
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