Ma'anar ƙamus na "matrix transposition" yana nufin aikin jujjuya matrix akan diagonal ɗinsa, kamar yadda layuka na ainihin matrix ɗin su zama ginshiƙan matrix ɗin da aka canza, kuma akasin haka. Wani lokaci ana nuna wannan ta alamar T ko '(misali, A' ko A^T), kuma babban aiki ne a cikin algebra na layi da matrix algebra. Ana amfani da jigilar matrix a cikin aikace-aikacen lissafi da yawa, ciki har da a cikin maganin tsarin tsarin daidaitattun layi, a cikin ƙididdige ƙididdiga da ƙididdiga, da kuma nazarin eigenvectors da eigenvalues.