transcription

[ tran-skrip-shuh n ]

/ trænˈskrɪp ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of transcribing.

something transcribed.

a transcript; copy.

Music.

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

Radio and Television. a recording made especially for broadcasting.

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

Nearby words

Origin of transcription

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

Related forms

tran·scrip·tion·al, adjectivetran·scrip·tion·al·ly, adverbtrans·scrip·tion·ist, nountran·scrip·tive

[tran-skrip-tiv] /trænˈskrɪp tɪv/, adjective

tran·scrip·tive·ly, adverbmis·tran·scrip·tion, nounnon·tran·scrip·tion, nounnon·tran·scrip·tive, adjectivepre·tran·scrip·tion, nounre·tran·scrip·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for transcription

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Rodriguez uses the transcription gorǒjerarei in the example from which this sentence is derived.
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The transcription of Dr. Crusius, with his conjectural restorations, will be found in the Appendix.
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From another source we learn the names of some of them, and the cost incurred in their transcription.
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It is possible that the pages used for this transcription had been physically truncated.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago|Frank S. Marryat
Many of these names are odd and are only conjectural restorations made from the Chinese transcription, for which see Nanjio, 1340.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for transcription

transcription

/ (trænˈskrɪpʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of transcribing or the state of being transcribed

something transcribed

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 Formstranscriptional or transcriptive, adjectivetranscriptionally or transcriptively, adverb

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Word Origin and History for transcription

transcription

1590s, from Latin transcriptionem, noun of action from past participle stem of transcribere (see transcribe).

Medicine definitions for transcription

transcription

[ trăn-skrĭp′shən ]

n.

The act or process of transcribing.

Something that has been transcribed.

The process by which mRNA is synthesized from a DNA template resulting in the transfer of genetic information from the DNA molecule to mRNA.

Related formstran•scrip′tion•al adj.

Science definitions for transcription

transcription

[ trăn-skrĭp′shən ]

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.