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transpose

Maths the matrix resulting from interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
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transpose

[′tranz‚pōz]
(mathematics)
The matrix obtained from a given matrix by interchanging its rows and columns.
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EHMA has also begun listing cases of best practice' to help coordinate policies and assess the transposability of these practices into national systems.
The key to Sewell's understanding of the transposability of schemas is that an actor can apply a schema in new contexts, not just in "similarly shaped problems." According to Bourdieu, "To say that schemas are transposable, in other words, is to say that they can be applied to a wide and not fully predictable range of cases outside the context in which they are initially learned." (29) Sewell notes that "the real test of knowing a rule is to be able to apply it successfully in unfamiliar cases.
My feeling is that as soon as a notional indicator deviates too much towards the algorithmic side at the expense of what I called the "ideal idea of the sound" that exists as it were "outside logic", there is a serious danger of the transposability of the musical structure into a different field.
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