In electricity, to interchange as to position (the two parallel wires) of an electric circuit, specifically of a telephone circuit, so as to reduce inductive action from neighboring circuits. See transposition, 7.To remove to a different place; transfer; transport.To cause (two or, less frequently, more objects) to change places.In algebra, to bring, as any term of an equation, over from one side to the other side. See transposition, 2.In rhetoric, to change the usual order of (words).In music, to alter the tonality of (a piece or passage) from a given tonality, either in performance or in transcription. See transposition, 4.To transform.n. Transposition.