transcription

American  

[tran-skrip-shuhn] / trænˈskrɪp ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of transcribing.

2. something transcribed.

3. a transcript; copy.

4. Music.

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

   2. a composition so arranged.

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

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

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transcription British  

/ trænˈskrɪpʃən /

noun

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

2. something transcribed

3. 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

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transcription Scientific  

/ trăn-skrĭp′shən /

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.

2. Compare translation

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Other Word Forms

• mistranscription noun
• nontranscription noun
• nontranscriptive adjective
• pretranscription noun
• retranscription noun
• transcriptional adjective
• transcriptionally adverb
• transcriptive adjective
• transcriptively adverb
• transscriptionist noun

Etymology

Origin of transcription

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

Example Sentences

It emails him and his remote assistant a transcription of voicemail messages.

From The Wall Street Journal

OpenAI shared the tech for accurate audio transcription, once a closely guarded big tech secret.

From Los Angeles Times

And since October, Gemini has had the “native audio” model, innately understanding speech and generating responses without any cumbersome transcription.

From The Wall Street Journal

Genes that control the activity of other genes, including those involved in transcription and chromatin regulation, are often linked to dominant disorders.

From Science Daily

The differences are closely tied to essential cellular activities such as transcription and DNA replication.

From Science Daily

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