1. the process of transferring a learned relationship between two or more stimuli to a new set of stimuli. For example, if an organism is trained to select a 10 cm diameter disk over a 7 cm disk, and then in a transfer test chooses a 13 cm disk over a 10 cm disk (even though reinforcement has been obtained only for choosing a 10 cm disk), transposition of the relationship “bigger than” has occurred.

2. generally, an interchange of positions among two or more elements in a system. —transpositional adj.