| noun | any abnormal position of the organs of the body |
| noun | an event in which one thing is substituted for another “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood” |
| noun | (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome |
| noun | (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign |
| noun | (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance “he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition” |
| noun | the act of reversing the order or place of |
| noun | (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards |
| substitute | verb | be a substitute |
| replace | verb | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) |
| switch | verb | exchange or give (something) in exchange for |
| transpose | verb | transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality |