TRANSCRIPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transcription mean? 

• TRANSCRIPTION (noun)
  The noun TRANSCRIPTION has 5 senses:

1. something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

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

4. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

5. the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

  Familiarity information: TRANSCRIPTION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSCRIPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

transcription; written text

Hypernyms ("transcription" is a kind of...):

black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transcription"):

transliteration (a transcription from one alphabet to another)

phonetic transcription (a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol)

Derivation:

transcribe (write out from speech, notes, etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("transcription" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

transcribe (convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("transcription" is a kind of...):

recording (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arrangement; arranging; transcription

Hypernyms ("transcription" is a kind of...):

composing; composition (musical creation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transcription"):

rearrangement (changing an arrangement)

instrumentation; orchestration (the act of arranging a piece of music for an orchestra and assigning parts to the different musical instruments)

orchestration (an arrangement of events that attempts to achieve a maximum effect)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of making a record (especially an audio record)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

recording; transcription

Context example:

she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth

Hypernyms ("transcription" is a kind of...):

creating from raw materials (the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it)

Domain member category:

tape record (record with a tape recorder)

prerecord (record before presentation, as of a broadcast)

accession (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library)

delete; erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transcription"):

lip sync; lip synch; lip synchronisation; lip synchronization (combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech)

mastering (the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made)

 Context examples 

FOXO3 is a transcription factor—a type of protein that plays a role in gene regulation.

(Protein involved in hearing loss recovery, NIH)

They also discovered that RNAs induced in the early phase of anastasis promote transcription of other genes, which allows cells to recover and start dividing.

(Cells Back from Brink of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (526 aa, ~59 kDa) is encoded by the human MITF gene.

(Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the regulation of transcription.

(AF4/FMR2 Family Member 4, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the regulation of both development and transcription.

(AF4/FMR2 Family Member 3, NCI Thesaurus)

In other cases, the transcription factors themselves are mutated.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This protein is involved in the mediation of transcription.

(Activated RNA Polymerase II Transcriptional Coactivator p15, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may be involved in the regulation of transcription.

(AF4/FMR2 Family Member 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Phosphorylation of Ikappa-B kinase leads to activation of the transcription factor NF-kB to oppose apoptosis.

(AKT Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This ribonucleotide may be involved in the regulation of gene transcription.

(MIR191 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)