The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TRANSPOSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TRANSPOSE
- Switch posts near ground
- Switch stance on gender identity
- Switch patroness when corrupt
- Leaving island, prepares model to show skill at keyboard?
- Disorientated persons at interchange?
- Female supporter hurried through spelling, card going round
- One leaving prepares model to make switch
- Switch stance on gender identity?
- Swap parts one’s wrongly positioned
- Press on at faulty switch
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The straight part
We know that "switch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case switch = transpose.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRANSPOSE mean?
TRANSPOSE noun- (adjective) In matrix mathematics, the resulting matrix, derived from performing a transpose operation on a given matrix.
- To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
- To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.
- To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.
- To rearrange elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.
- (chiefly of the European Union) To give force to a directive by passing appropriate implementation measures.
- (adjective) In matrix mathematics, a matrix with the characteristic of having been transposed from a given matrix.
- In matrix mathematics, the process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.