transpose

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Or invert and transpose a hundred thousand 4x4 matrices.

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Quick take

a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of transpose gathered in one view.

noun

a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

verb

change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

verb

transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for transpose.

noun

a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix

verb

change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"

verb

transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"

verb

cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size"

verb

transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

verb

put (a piece of music) into another key

verb

exchange positions without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"

verb

change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"

Example sentences

Or invert and transpose a hundred thousand 4x4 matrices.

Furthermore, in their efforts they transpose the two letters, so "white" comes out as "hwight" rather than "wite".

Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data had to be transposed by the end of 1998.

Once I understood what they were trying to do, I noticed that they had forgotten to transpose a matrix at one spot.

The member states must transpose the directive into internal law.

Now that I'm a husband and father of two wonderful kids, I wonder if I can transpose and apply what this guy did to my family situation?

It only gets complex and legalese when national governments transpose them into national law.

If you transpose that to Kickstarter people have to "editorialize" their propositions and product features because they need to be seen.

I can go back and visualizeI still remember the page of my linear algebra textbook that related rowspace, nullspace, transpose.

It's very confusing, because the old-school perspective often has a lot of common sense but it's very hard to transpose this into the new context created for the new-school.

"Speaking personally, on every day that I'm blocked, I add college traditions that never existed, transpose digits of population figures or world records, and create articles on bullshit "folklore" that is often absurd; this is what Wikipedia will have to put up with if I am to be blocked from it.

If HFT is indeed lowering the cost, how come they are making the money and not the retail traders?This sounds like an odd question if you transpose it to any other market where automated systems have lowered costs:"If Amazon is indeed lowering the cost of buying books, how come they are making the money and not the consumer?

As an example, if for instance dyslexics commonly were to transpose the "o" and "u" combination "ou" to "uo" I'm wondering if dyslexics read the jumbled "yuo" immediately as "you" or, does dyslexia prevent you from even recognizing the pattern and you have to laboriously read "y" "u" "o", transpose "o" and "u" and recognize "you".The reason I ask is because I'm curious if such a typeface might actually be hurtful to dyslexic readers.