 ##  [Transposition](/index.php/transposition) 

  ##  [Transposition](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/transposition-0) 

  

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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A textual alteration in which one or more elements (letters, syllables, words, phrases) are switched in order relative to their original sequence, producing a reordered sequence that may affect meaning, meter, or syntax.