transduce

[ trans-doos, -dyoos, tranz- ]

verb (used with object)

, trans·duced, trans·duc·ing.

1. to convert (energy) from one form into another.
2. Genetics. to cause transduction in (a cell).

Word History and Origins

Origin of transduce¹

1945–50; back formation from transducer or transduction

Example Sentences

This includes a conducting polymer to transduce the electrical stimulation required for the implant to work, to electrical responses in the neurons.

From Science Daily

Long chains of nucleotides make up the genetic code, and single nucleotides transduce signals or transfer energy.

From Nature

The authors’ investigation revealed that cavefish are insulin resistant and have a mutant version of the insulin receptor, encoded by the insra gene, that does not bind and transduce the insulin signal.

From Nature

In particular, melting and purifying the silicon that these panels employ to capture and transduce sunlight needs a lot of heat.

From Economist

This finding sits in a contentious field in which researchers seek to explain the seemingly impossible feat in which animals detect and transduce the very weak signals generated by Earth’s magnetic field.

From Nature