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Transcription : (noun)
1: something written, especially copied from one medium to
another, as a typewritten version of dictation [syn: written
text]
2: (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
3: a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a
tape recording)
4: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement,
arranging]
5: the act of making a record (especially an audio record);
"she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" [syn:
recording]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Transcription : \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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Transcription : Transcription: Making an RNA copy from a sequence of DNA (a gene). Transcription is the first step in gene expression.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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