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 Definitions of transcription  [ænˈskrɪp ʃən]  

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Definition of 'transcription' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) transcription
the act or process of transcribing.

2.  transcription
something transcribed.

3.  transcription
a transcript; copy.

4.  transcription
the arrangement of a musical composition for a medium other than that for which it was orig. written.

5.  transcription
a recording made esp. for broadcasting on radio or television.


Definition of 'transcription' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) transcription, written text
something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

2. (noun) transcription
(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. (noun) transcription
a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)

4. (noun) arrangement, arranging, transcription
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

5. (noun) recording, transcription
the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
"she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"


Definition of 'transcription' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) transcription
the act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions

2. (noun) transcription
a copy; a transcript

3. (noun) transcription
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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