transposition

(n) any abnormal position of the organs of the body heterotaxy,
(n) an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
permutation, substitution, switch, replacement,
(n) (genetics) a kind of mutation in which a chromosomal segment is transfered to a new position on the same or another chromosome
(n) (mathematics) the transfer of a quantity from one side of an equation to the other along with a change of sign
(n) (electricity) a rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance
- he wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition
(n) the act of reversing the order or place of reversal,
(n) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards

heterotaxy permutation substitution switch replacement reversal