What is the formal definition of 'transpose'?

I've heard people use the word "transpose" to describe going from a major key to a minor one. ... The Oxford Learner's Dictionary defines it as: to write or play a piece of music or a series of notes in a different key ... without any reference to whether that different key is in the same tonality.

1. Whats the definition of transpose?
2. What is the meaning of transpose in maths?
3. What is transpose in physics?
4. What is transpose in computer?

Whats the definition of transpose?

transitive verb. 1 : to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of transpose letters to change the spelling. 2 : to change in form or nature : transform. 3 : to render into another language, style, or manner of expression : translate. 4 : to transfer from one place or period to another : shift.

What is the meaning of transpose in maths?

to transfer or transport. Algebra. to bring (a term) from one side of an equation to the other, with corresponding change of sign. Mathematics. (of a matrix) to interchange rows and columns.

What is transpose in physics?

Here is what a transpose basically is: Say have a matrix X, and some component of is in location X_ij. If you transpose the matrix that same component will be in the location X_ji. You basically read the columns as rows, and rows as columns.

What is transpose in computer?

The transpose of a matrix is a new matrix whose rows are the columns of the original. ( This makes the columns of the new matrix the rows of the original). Here is a matrix and its transpose: The superscript "T" means "transpose".