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• noun
A written or printed representation of something, especially spoken language or a recorded audio text, or the act of producing such a copy.
"The legal team requested a full transcription of the witness's recorded interview before the trial began."
The biological process by which genetic information in a strand of DNA is copied into a complementary molecule of messenger RNA by the enzyme RNA polymerase.
"During gene expression, transcription takes place inside the cell nucleus before translation occurs at the ribosome."
An arrangement of a musical composition for an instrument, voice, or ensemble other than that for which it was originally written.
"The concert pianist performed Liszt's virtuosic piano transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony."
The representation of speech sounds in written phonetic symbols, or the conversion of text from one writing system into another.
"Linguists use the International Phonetic Alphabet to create an accurate phonetic transcription of endangered spoken dialects."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Late Latin transcriptio, a noun of action from Latin transcribere ('to copy, write over'), formed from trans- ('across') and scribere ('to write').