Transcript - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Transcript :  (noun)
1: something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station"
2: a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) [syn: copy]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Transcript : \Tran"script\ (tr[a^]n"skr[i^]pt), n. [L. transcriptum, neut. of transcriptus, p. p. of transcribere. See Transcribe.] 1. That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript. --South.

2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.

The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian. --Glanvill.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

TRANSCRIPT. A copy of an original writing or deed. 2. In Pennsylvania, the act of assembly of March 20th, 1810, s. 10, calls a copy of the proceedings before a justice of the peace in any case, a transcript: the proper term would be an exemplification.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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