Meaning of the word transposition in English

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transposition

US /ˌtræn.spəˈzɪʃ.ən/
UK /ˌtræn.spəˈzɪʃ.ən/

Noun

1.

the act or process of changing something from one position to another, or of exchanging the positions of two things:

Example:
In accounting, an error in copying a number from one place to another is a transposition error.
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