tran·scrip·tion    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (trn-skrpshn) Transcription
n.

1. The act or process of transcribing. Transcription.
2. Something that has been transcribed, especially:
   1. Music. An adaptation of a composition.
   2. A recorded radio or television program.
   3. Linguistics. A representation of speech sounds in phonetic symbols.

tran·scription·al adj. (Transcription as an adjective)
tran·scription·al·ly adv. (An adverb formof Transcription)
tran·scription·ist n.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: tran·scrip·tion (transcription)
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'krip-sh&n
Function: noun
: the process of constructing a messenger RNA molecule using a DNA molecule as a template with resulting transfer of genetic information to the messenger RNA —compare REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION —tran·scrip·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&n-^&l/ adjective —tran·scrip·tion·al·ly /-E/ adverb

Source: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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.

transcription

n 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]

transcription

transcription: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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