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transpositional

transpositional adjective: pertaining to, or involving, transposition.

Adjective

transpositional (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, or involving, transposition.
    • […]the most striking and most offensive error in pronunciation among the Londoners, I confess, lies in the transpositional use of the letters W, and V[…].1803, Samuel Pegge, Anecdotes of the English Language; chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs

Origin of transpositional

From transposition + -al.

Words formed from transpositional

Questions about transpositional

What does transpositional mean?
Transpositional means pertaining to, or involving, transposition.
What part of speech is transpositional?
Transpositional is an adjective.

Words near transpositional in the dictionary

  1. transposes
  2. transposing
  3. transposings
  4. transposition
  5. transposition cipher
  6. transpositional
  7. transpositionally
  8. transpositioning
  9. transpositions
  10. transpositive
  11. transpositively

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