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//tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of transcribing. countable, uncountable

    "One might eaſier beleeue that the error was committed in the tranſcription of the copy from Ptolomies library, and ſo that it had a ſucceſſiue propagation through all the copies diſperſed."

  2. 2
    the act of making a record (especially an audio record) wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that has been transcribed, including:; An adaptation of a composition. countable, uncountable

    "These frame tale interludes frequently include transcriptions of Italian folk songs."

  4. 4
    the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music wordnet
  5. 5
    Something that has been transcribed, including:; A recorded radio or television programme. countable, uncountable

    "From the outset, Selvage had hoped to interest NBC or CBS in broadcasting the American Family Robinson on a sustaining basis. Neither did, and the series ended up in transcription, recorded and circulated to individual stations by the World Broadcasting System."

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  1. 6
    a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording) wordnet
  2. 7
    Something that has been transcribed, including:; A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols. countable, uncountable

    "While the sounds of the language [English] undergo constant change and growth, the writing system is rarely reviewed or adapted to recent changes in speech. Consequently, there is a patent need for a transcription in linguistic research and dictionaries."

  3. 8
    something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation wordnet
  4. 9
    A written document. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "THeſe Ages have beene, and are to this day, much indebted to Tranſcriptions. Inventions are oft-times ſlow, where the application of things invented to the preſent State ſeemes more facile and eaſie : Hereto then ſhould the Scope of Hiſtories tend ; not onely to perſonate the Acts of men upon the Theater of this world, but likewiſe to cull out ſuch Lawes, Orders, and Precepts, as well Morall as Divine, which may benefit their preſent eſtate."

  5. 10
    (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 wordnet
  6. 11
    The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA. countable, uncountable

    "The process in which the DNA molecule unwinds, separates its two polynucleotide strands, and synthesizes an RNA molecule from one of these DNA strands is called transcription. Genes transcribe chemical messages in the form of RNA molecules. Transcription begins at some site in the DNA duplex and ends at some other point."

Etymology

From Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).

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