Transpose vs Invert - What's the difference?
transpose | invert |
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, algebra) In matrix mathematics, a matrix with the characteristic of having been transposed from a given matrix.
(adjective, algebra) In matrix mathematics, the resulting matrix, derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
(linear algebra) In matrix mathematics, the process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
* Shakespeare
* Cowper
(music) To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
(chemistry) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
(archaic) A homosexual man.
(architecture) An inverted arch (as in a sewer). *
The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch. invert (in'?vert) The floor or bottom of the internal cross section of a closed conduit, such as an aqueduct, tunnel, or drain - The term originally referred to the inverted arch used to form the bottom of a masonry?lined sewer or tunnel (Jackson, 1997) Wilson, W.E., Moore, J.E., (2003) Glossary of Hydrology, Berlin: Springer
(civil engineering) The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
(civil engineering) An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
(chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
In transitive terms the difference between transpose and invert
is that transpose is to reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange while invert is to turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.In transitive music terms the difference between transpose and invert
is that transpose is to rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key while invert is to move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.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 putVerb
(transpos)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(s)Synonyms
* (''reverse or change the order of'): exchange, interchange, swap, swap over, swap round, switchDerived terms
* transposable * transposal * transposase * transposer * transposing * transposition * transposonEtymology 2
From the verb.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* patroness English heteronyms ----invert
English
Verb
(en verb)- to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
- That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, / As if these organs had deceptious functions.
- Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, / Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
- (Knolles)
Derived terms
* invert sugar * inverted * invertibleSee also
* convertNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- invert sugar