About The Word Transcription
Learn about the word Transcription to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Transcription definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Transcription
| Transcription Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Transcription?
[n] the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
[n] a recording (e.g., from broadcast to tape recording) [n] something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation [n] (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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Transcription: recording | written text Related Terms | Find terms related to Transcription: See Also | biological process | creating from raw materials | lip sync | lip synch | lip synchronisation | lip synchronization | mastering | organic process | phonetic transcription | recording | transliteration | written communication | written language Transcription In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- In-fighting ‐ boxing at close quarters [n] conflict between members of the…
- Protestant deacon ‐ a Protestant layman who assists…
- Awake ‐ stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the…
- Mensa ‐ a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere…
- Calculus ‐ the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with…
- Sonny ‐ a male child (a familiar term of address…
- Houyhnhnm ‐ one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's…
- Spontaneity ‐ the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings…
- Harikari ‐ (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced…
- Copland ‐ United States composer who developed a distinctly American music…