n. In geometry, any motion other than revolution.n. In electricity, arrangement of the wires of a power-transmission, telegraph-, or telephone-line so that after a certain distance the wires change places with each other, for the purpose of reducing the disturbing effect of the line on other lines or of other lines on the former, which may occur by induction, electromagnetic or electrostatic.n. The act of transposing; a putting of each of two things in the place before occupied by the other; less frequently, a change in the order of more than two things; also, the state of being transposed, or reciprocally changed in place.n. In algebra, the bringing over of any term or terms of an equation from one side to the other side.n. In rhetoric and grammar, a change of the usual order of words in a sentence; words changed from their ordinary arrangement for the sake of effect.n. In music, the act, process, or result of altering the tonality of a piece or passage from a given tonality, either in performance or in transcription.