Synonyms of the word

transposition

• n. The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
• n. (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work…
• n. (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.

abnormalcy

• n. Alternative form of abnormality.

abnormality

• n. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
• n. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.

calculation

• n. (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
• n. (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
• n. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
• n. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.

computation

• n. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
• n. The result of computation; the amount computed.

computing

• v. present participle of compute.
• n. (literally) The process or act of calculation.
• n. The use of a computer or computers.
• n. The study, field of computers and computer programming.

fluctuation

• n. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
• n. A wavering; unsteadiness.
• n. In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in…

heterotaxy

• n. (dated) heterotaxis.

mutation

• n. Any alteration or change.
• n. (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material.
• n. A mutant.
• n. (linguistics) An alteration a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered…
• n. (rare) A collective noun for a collection of thrushes.

permutation

• n. One of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
• n. (mathematics) A one-to-one mapping from a finite set to itself.
• n. (mathematics, combinatorics) An ordering of a finite set of distinct elements.
• n. (music) A transformation of a set's prime form, by applying one or more of certain operations, specifically,…

playing

• n. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
• v. present participle of play.

rearrangement

• n. The process of rearranging.
• n. (chemistry) A rearrangement reaction.

reordering

• v. present participle of reorder.
• n. A rearrangement.

replacement

• n. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
• n. The act of replacing something.

reversal

• n. The state of being reversed.
• n. An instance of reversing.
• n. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
• adj. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

substitution

• n. the act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
• n. a substitute or replacement.
• n. (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound,…

switch

• n. A device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
• n. A change.
• n. (rail transport, US) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one…
• n. A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in…
• n. (computer science) A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
• n. (computing, programming) A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of…
• n. (computing, networking) A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously,…
• n. (telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows…
• n. (BDSM) One who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role.
• n. A separate mass or tress of hair, or of some substance (such as jute) made to resemble hair, formerly…
• v. (transitive) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
• v. (transitive) To whip or hit with a switch.
• v. (intransitive) To change places, tasks, etc.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
• v. To swing or whisk.
• v. To be swung or whisked.
• v. To trim.
• v. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
• v. (ecclesiastical) To shift to another circuit.
• adj. (snowboarding) riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.

variation

• n. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
• n. A related but distinct thing.
• n. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north…
• n. (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
• n. (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre,…
• n. (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.