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tran⋅scrip⋅tion

  [tran-skrip-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of transcribing.
2. something transcribed.
3. a transcript; copy.
4. Music.
a. the arrangement of a composition for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
b. a composition so arranged.
5. Radio and Television. a recording made esp. for broadcasting.
6. Genetics. the process by which genetic information on a strand of DNA is used to synthesize a strand of complementary RNA.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L trānscrīptiōn- (s. of trānscrīptiō). See transcript, -ion

Related forms:
tran⋅scrip⋅tion⋅al, adjective
tran⋅scrip⋅tion⋅al⋅ly, adverb
trans⋅scrip⋅tion⋅ist, noun
tran⋅scrip⋅tive  [tran-skrip-tiv] , adjective
tran⋅scrip⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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tran·scrip·tion   (trān-skrĭp'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of transcribing.
  2. Something that has been transcribed, especially:
    1. Music An adaptation of a composition.
    2. A recorded radio or television program.
    3. Linguistics A representation of speech sounds in phonetic symbols.
  3. Biology The process by which messenger RNA is synthesized from a DNA template resulting in the transfer of genetic information from the DNA molecule to the messenger RNA.
tran·scrip'tion·al adj., tran·scrip'tion·al·ly adv., tran·scrip'tion·ist n.
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Tran*scrip"tion\ (tr[a^]n*skr[i^]p"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. transcription, L. transcriptio a transfer.]

1. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

2. A copy; a transcript. --Walton.

3. (Mus.) An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.
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Language Translation for : transcription
Spanish: transcripción,
German: die Transkription,
Japanese:
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Main Entry: tran·scrip·tion
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'krip-sh&n
Function: noun
: the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule usinga DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA —compare REVERSETRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION —tran·scrip·tion·al /-shn&l,-sh&n-&l/ adjective —tran·scrip·tion·al·ly /-E/ adverb
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transcription tran·scrip·tion (trān-skrĭp'shən)
n.

  1. The act or process of transcribing.
  2. Something that has been transcribed.
  3. The process by which mRNA is synthesized from a DNA template resulting in the transfer of genetic information from the DNA molecule to mRNA.
tran·scrip'tion·al adj.

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transcription   (trān-skrĭp'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
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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