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Combination vs Transposition - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between combination and transposition

is that combination is the act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining while transposition is the act or process of transposing or interchanging.

combination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
  • An object formed by combining.
  • A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
  • (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
  • An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
  • (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
  • motorcycle and sidecar

    • Derived terms

    * recombination

    Related terms

    * combinative * combinatory * combine

    Synonyms

    *(act of combining) fusion, merger

    Antonyms

    * (act of combining) division, separation * (mathematics) permutation

    See also

    * permutation

    External links

    * (wikipedia "combination") * (pedialite)

    transposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
  • (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
  • (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.

    • Derived terms

    * transpositional

    Related terms

    * transpose

    See also

    * twelve tone technique * serialism

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.