'Transcription' definitions:
Definition of 'transcription'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation [syn: transcription, written text]
noun
(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
noun
A sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
noun
The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: arrangement, arranging, transcription]
noun
The act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" [syn: recording, transcription]
Definition of 'Transcription'
From: GCIDE
- Transcription \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A copy; a transcript. --Walton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transcription'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptation,
- amplification,
- apograph,
- arrangement,
- article,
- autograph,
- bilingual text,
- brainchild,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- cartridge,
- cassette,
- clavis,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- copy,
- crib,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- disc,
- document,
- draft,
- duplication,
- edited version,
- edition,
- electrical transcription,
- engrossment,
- epigraph,
- essay,
- fair copy,
- faithful translation,
- fiche,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- free translation,
- gloss,
- glossary,
- harmonization,
- hectography,
- holograph,
- hymnal,
- hymnbook,
- initialing,
- inscription,
- instrumental score,
- instrumentation,
- interlinear,
- interlinear translation,
- intonation,
- key,
- letter,
- lettering,
- libretto,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- loose translation,
- lucubration,
- lute tablature,
- manifold,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- metaphrase,
- microcopy,
- microfiche,
- microform,
- mimeography,
- modulation,
- music,
- music paper,
- music roll,
- musical notation,
- musical score,
- nonfiction,
- notation,
- opera,
- opera score,
- opus,
- orchestral score,
- orchestration,
- original,
- paper,
- paraphrase,
- parchment,
- part,
- penscript,
- phonograph record,
- phrasing,
- piano score,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- pony,
- preparation,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- production,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- record,
- recording,
- reduplication,
- reproduction,
- reprography,
- resolution,
- restatement,
- rewording,
- rubbing,
- score,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- setting,
- sheet music,
- short score,
- solution,
- songbook,
- songster,
- suspension,
- tablature,
- tape,
- tape cartridge,
- tape cassette,
- tape recording,
- tenor,
- text,
- the written word,
- tone painting,
- tracing,
- transcript,
- transfer,
- translation,
- transliteration,
- trot,
- typescript,
- version,
- vocal score,
- wax,
- wire recording,
- work,
- writing,
- written music,
- xerography