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transposed

transposed is the simple past and past participle of transpose.

Meaning of transpose

Verb

transpose (third-person singular simple present transposes, present participle transposing, simple past and past participle transposed)

  1. (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
    Synonyms:
    exchange
  2. (transitive) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
  3. (transitive) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
    Synonyms:
    reduce, cancel
  4. (transitive) To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
  5. (transitive) To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
  6. (transitive) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.

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Questions about transposed

What is transposed the simple past and past participle of?
Transposed is the simple past and past participle of transpose.

Words near transposed in the dictionary

  1. transpose
  2. transpose conjugate
  3. transpose conjugates
  4. transposease
  5. transposeases
  6. transposed
  7. transposer
  8. transposers
  9. transposes
  10. transposing
  11. transposings

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