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Transpose vs Transprose - What's the difference?

transpose | transprose |

As verbs the difference between transpose and transprose

is that transpose is while transprose is (obsolete|transitive) to change from prose into verse; to versify.

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

    * patroness English heteronyms ----

    transprose

    English

    Verb

    (transpros)
  • (obsolete) To change from prose into verse; to versify.
  • (obsolete) To change from verse into prose.
  • (Dryden)
    (Webster 1913)