transcription (n.)

1590s, from French transcription, from Late Latin transcriptionem (nominative transcriptio), noun of action from past-participle stem of transcribere (see transcribe). Biological sense is from 1961. Related: Transcriptional; transcriptionist.

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transcribe (v.)

1550s, from Latin transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans "across, beyond; over" (see trans-) + scribere "to write" (from PIE root *skribh- "to cut"). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Related: Transcribed; transcriber; transcribing.

transcriptase (n.)

1963, from transcription + -ase.

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Definitions of transcription

transcription (n.)

something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation;

Synonyms: written text

transcription (n.)

(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA;

transcription (n.)

a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording);

transcription (n.)

the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music;

Synonyms: arrangement / arranging

transcription (n.)

the act of making a record (especially an audio record);

Synonyms: recording

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