transcription

[tran-skrip-shuhn]

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.

transcription

/ 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

transcription

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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transcription¹

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

Example Sentences

Those reporters were not allowed to bring cameras and initially were told they could not bring audio recording devices either, although they ended up being allowed to record the meeting for transcription purposes only.

From Los Angeles Times

The transcription is so jumbled it's hard to decipher where it went wrong, but the reference to "sex" may have in fact been when the caller mentioned the "sixth" of March.

From BBC

Further investigation identified seven transcription factor genes that strongly influence whether leukemia cells looked like old or young blood cells.

From Science Daily

The University of Pennsylvania's Aman Husbands, of the School of Arts & Sciences, uncovered surprising ways transcription factors, the genetic switches for genes, regulate plant development.

From Science Daily

After proteins are produced by transcription and translation, their activity may be adjusted by various chemical modifications.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• breeding 
• copy 
• facsimile 
• imitation 
• photocopy 
• photograph 
• picture 
• print 
• propagation 
• recreation 
• replica 
• replication