Meaning

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

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)

originFrom Middle French transcription, or directly from Latin transcriptiōnem, from trānscrībō (“transcribe”).

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