transcription

[ tran-skrip-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of transcribing.

  2. something transcribed.

  1. a transcript; copy.

  2. Music.

    • the arrangement of a composition for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.

    • a composition so arranged.

  3. Radio and Television. a recording made especially for broadcasting.

  4. Genetics. the process by which genetic information on a strand of DNA is used to synthesize a strand of complementary RNA.

Origin of transcription

1
First recorded in 1590–1600, transcription is from the Latin word trānscrīptiōn- (stem of trānscrīptiō). See transcript, -ion

Other words from transcription

  • tran·scrip·tion·al, adjective
  • tran·scrip·tion·al·ly, adverb
  • trans·scrip·tion·ist, noun
  • tran·scrip·tive [tran-skrip-tiv], /trænˈskrɪp tɪv/, adjective
  • tran·scrip·tive·ly, adverb
  • mis·tran·scrip·tion, noun
  • non·tran·scrip·tion, noun
  • non·tran·scrip·tive, adjective
  • pre·tran·scrip·tion, noun
  • re·tran·scrip·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for transcription

transcription

/ (trænˈskrɪpʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of transcribing or the state of being transcribed

  2. something transcribed

  1. a representation in writing of the actual pronunciation of a speech sound, word, or piece of continuous text, using not a conventional orthography but a symbol or set of symbols specially designated as standing for corresponding phonetic values

Derived forms of transcription

  • transcriptional or transcriptive, adjective
  • transcriptionally or transcriptively, adverb

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Scientific definitions for transcription

transcription

[ trăn-skrĭpshən ]


  1. The process in a cell by which genetic material is copied from a strand of DNA to a complementary strand of RNA (called messenger RNA). In eukaryotes, transcription takes place in the nucleus before messenger RNA is transported to the ribosomes for protein synthesis. Compare translation.

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