Word of the Day: TRANSPOSE

To relocate or reorder

transpose (verb) - to reverse, transfer, or change the order of something; to interchange [trans-pohz]

BREAKDOWN: TRANS- (across, over) + POS- (to put or place)

• a transpose is a matrix obtained from a different matrix by interchanging each row and its corresponding column

• transposition is the act or process of changing or exchanging the positions of two things

See also: indispose, juxtaposition, predispose, posit, repose

“What cannot be borne in reality becomes a source of pleasure when it is transposed into the visual and somatic fiction of the dramatic spectacle.” —Claude Calame