A term with various meanings.

The operation that takes a matrix to the transposed matrix.

The operation that takes a binary relation to the transposed relation.

A permutation of a set that interchanges two elements.

A cipher that reorders the letters of a message according to a secret key in Cryptology.

See also: Transpose.

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Transposition. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Transposition&oldid=37290