transposal

[ trans-poh-zuhl ]

noun

1. transposition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transposal¹

First recorded in 1685–95; transpose + -al ²

Example Sentences

The strange transposal was, however, coupled with a condition also strange.

From Project Gutenberg

The truth is that, just as in the other imitative arts one imitation is always of one thing, so in poetry the story, as an imitation of action, must represent one action, a complete whole, with its several incidents so closely connected that the transposal or withdrawal of any one of them will disjoin and dislocate the whole.

From Project Gutenberg

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