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

/ trăn-skrĭp′shən /

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

Derived Forms

• tranˈscriptionally, adverb
• tranˈscriptional, adjective

Other Words From

• tran·scription·al adjective
• tran·scription·al·ly adverb
• trans·scription·ist noun
• tran·scrip·tive [tran-, skrip, -tiv], adjective
• tran·scriptive·ly adverb
• mistran·scription noun
• nontran·scription noun
• nontran·scriptive adjective
• pretran·scription noun
• retran·scription 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

Once in position at the regulatory element, a transcription factor can help turn the nearby genes "on" or "off."

From Science Daily

"Each gene was like a single word. However, there was a piece of critical information lacking: transcription initiation sites for individual genes."

From Science Daily

Moore just kicked off her boots and, looking down at the transcription app running on my phone, starts telling me how she uses one to record her dreams.

From Los Angeles Times

It started with the recent ancestor of XEC, KP.3.3, which exhibits a mutation that undoes destroying the essential transcription region of N* so the N* protein can’t be produced.

From Salon

During a clip in which he is talking about gun control in the US, he appears to say he carried weapons in war himself, according to the transcription from the campaign.

From BBC

Related Words

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