transposition
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Yreka, Calif., is described as a transposition of the letters in “bakery,” but that is likely a myth spread by, among others, Mark Twain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“It’s possible, even when documents are uploaded digitally, that a preparer could have multiple windows or files open and make a transposition error,” said Thomas Gorczynski, a tax professional and enrolled agent with the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Interestingly, genes that mapped near the hypothetical proteins involved activities in DNA mobilization and transposition, meaning the ability to move genes into, around or out of the bacterial genome.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023
This week: Write an original Q-A joke featuring a spoonerism, the transposition of the beginnings of different words, as in the entries above from our 1995 contest.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
The following pentatonic scale, for example, is not simply another transposition of the "black key" pentatonic scale; the pattern of intervals between the notes is different.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing transposition
Genetics - Middle School
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