inversion vs transposition

inversion

noun
  • The flipping of a melody or contrapuntal line so that high notes become low and vice versa; the reversal of a pitch contour. 

  • The position of a chord which has a note other than the root as its bass note. 

  • A situation where air temperature increases with altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). 

  • A section of a roller coaster where passengers are temporarily turned upside down. 

  • An operation on a group, analogous to negation. 

  • The reversal of an interval; the move of one pitch in an interval up or down an octave. 

  • The action of inverting. 

  • Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis. 

  • A segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome. 

  • The act of being in an inverted state; being upside down, inside out, or in a reverse sequence. 

transposition

noun
  • 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. 

  • A incorporation of the provisions of a European Union directive into a Member State's domestic law. 

  • A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence. 

  • The act or process of transposing or interchanging. 

verb
  • To transpose 

  • To take on the role of another person 

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