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Transplant vs Transpose - What's the difference?

transplant | transpose |

In transitive terms the difference between transplant and transpose

is that transplant is to remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate while transpose is to reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.

As an adjective transpose is

in matrix mathematics, a matrix with the characteristic of having been transposed from a given matrix.

transplant

English

Verb

(transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
    • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

    transpose

    English

    (wikipedia transpose)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) transposer, from (etyl) perfect passive participle transpositus'', from ''transponere'', to put across, from ''trans'', across, and ''ponere , to put

    Verb

    (transpos)
  • To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
  • (music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key
  • (algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term. In matrix mathematics, the process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (adjective, algebra) In matrix mathematics, a matrix with the characteristic of having been transposed from a given matrix.

    • Noun

    (s)
  • (adjective, algebra) In matrix mathematics, the resulting matrix, derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
    • Synonyms
    * (''reverse or change the order of'): exchange, interchange, swap, swap over, swap round, switch
    Derived terms
    * transposable * transposal * transposase * transposer * transposing * transposition * transposon

    Etymology 2

    From the verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linear algebra) In matrix mathematics, the process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.

    • Anagrams

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