Usually means: Switch rows and columns positions.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word transpose:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. transpose: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transpose: Merriam-Webster
  3. transpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. transpose: Collins English Dictionary
  6. transpose: Vocabulary.com
  7. Transpose, transpose: Wordnik
  8. transpose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. transpose: Wiktionary
  10. transpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. transpose: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Transpose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Transpose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. transpose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. transpose: Rhymezone
  16. transpose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. transpose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. transpose: FreeDictionary.org
  19. transpose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. transpose: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. transpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  22. transpose: Infoplease Dictionary
  23. transpose: Dictionary.com
  24. transpose: Online Etymology Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. transpose: Glossary of research economics
  2. transpose: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transpose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. transpose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. transpose: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transpose: Idioms

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Transpose: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  4. transpose: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. transpose: The Folk File
  2. transpose: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See transposable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
verb:  (transitive, music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
verb:  (transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
verb:  (transitive, linear algebra) To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
verb:  (transitive, graph theory) To reverse the direction of every edge of (a graph).
verb:  (transitive, law, chiefly of the European Union) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
verb:  (intransitive, chess) To reach a position that may also be obtained from a different move order.
adjective:  (linear algebra) Created by transposing a specified matrix.
adjective:  (graph theory) Created by transposing a specified graph.
noun:  (linear algebra) The matrix derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
noun:  (graph theory) A graph whose every edge has had its direction reversed.
noun:  (linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.

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