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Transcription

Transcription Meaning & Definition
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.

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