Defn: The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation. [R.]
TRANSPOSABLE
Trans*pos"a*ble, a.
Defn: That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase.
TRANSPOSAL
Trans*pos"al, n.
Defn: The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition.
TRANSPOSE
Trans*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transposing.] Etym: [F. transposer; pref. trans- (L. trans across) +
poser to put. See Pose.]
1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.
2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.] Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Shak.
3. (Alg.)
Defn: To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.