transcription
noun
tran·scrip·tion
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Definition of transcription
1
: an act, process, or instance of transcribing
2
: copy, transcript: such as
a
: an arrangement of a musical composition for some instrument or voice other than the original
b
: a recording (as on magnetic tape) made especially for use in radio broadcasting
3
: 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 translation sense 2, reverse transcription
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Other Words from transcription
transcriptional
\ tran(t)-ˈskrip-shnəl
, -shə-nᵊl \
adjective
, -shə-nᵊl \
adjective
transcriptionally
adverb
Examples of transcription in a Sentence
Transcription of the tapes took weeks.
Recent Examples on the Web
Several sentences in the slides are exact transcriptions of a presentation Cambridge Analytica chief executive officer Alexander Nix gave in 2016. — Olivia Goldhill, Quartz, "A ‘big data’ firm sells Cambridge Analytica’s methods to global politicians, documents show," 14 Aug. 2019 The captions themselves are computer generated, with Audible harnessing Amazon Web Services’ cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence to generate the transcription that accompanies Audible content. — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, "Audible will let you 'read' an audiobook while you listen," 15 July 2019 It was named for a wagon-train pioneer, John Settle, but a transcription error, somewhere along the line, became permanent, despite his descendants’ strenuous efforts to correct it. — Alec Scott, Sunset Magazine, "Lake Effect: On Reviving a Family Tradition with Your Closest Friends," 22 Jan. 2018 Additional work by David Levens, a biologist at the National Cancer Institute, has shown that transcription itself contorts DNA in living human cells, tightening some parts of the coil and loosening it in others. — Quanta Magazine, "How Strange Twists in DNA Orchestrate Life," 5 Jan. 2016 Then set the toggle under Use messages to improve transcriptions to off. — Brian Barrett, WIRED, "Hey, Apple! 'Opt Out' Is Useless. Let People Opt In," 2 Aug. 2019 Due to a transcription error, the original version of the article misquoted the cost to build the Falcon 9 rocket. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Corrections," 4 Mar. 2019 Warning: The video from @YesNetwork and transcription include NSFW language. — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Yankees manager Aaron Boone offers savage criticism of home plate umpire during ejection," 18 July 2019 Duo pianists Evan Mitchell and Jonathan Tsay read four-hand symphonic transcriptions such as Beethoven’s evocative Pastoral Symphony and Mussorgsky’s chilling Night on Bald Mountain. — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, "Dallas’ Basically Beethoven Festival offers free concerts in July," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transcription.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for transcription
transcription
noun
English Language Learners Definition of transcription
: the act or process of making a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken
: a written, printed, or typed copy of words that have been spoken
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transcription
noun
tran·scrip·tion
| \ tran(t)s-ˈkrip-shən
\
\
Medical Definition of transcription
: 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
Other Words from transcription
transcriptional
\ -shnəl, -shən-ᵊl
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adjective
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adjective
transcriptionally
\ -Ä“
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adverb
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adverb