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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making a record (especially an audio record)
Example:
she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
Synonyms:
arrangement; arranging; transcription
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 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:
Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
Synonyms:
transcription; written text
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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 5
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)
Context examples:
Transcription factors are also mostly expressed at different times depending on the developmental stage and other conditions.
(Expanding Our Understanding of Genomics, NIH)
This allele, which encodes MIR191 pre-miRNA, may play a role in the regulation of transcription.
(MIR191 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes MIR194-1 pre-miRNA, may play a role in the regulation of transcription.
(MIR194-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
AKAP95 may play a role during the regulation of chromatin structure for transcription during interphase as well.
(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This allele, which encodes MIR150 pre-miRNA, may play a role in the regulation of gene transcription.
(MIR150 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This ribonucleotide may be involved in the regulation of transcription.
(MIR150 Pre-miRNA, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhibition of MEK1/2 prevents the activation of MEK1/2 dependent effector proteins and transcription factors, which may result in the inhibition of growth factor-mediated cell signaling.
(MEK Inhibitor MEK162, NCI Thesaurus)
The activated Mitf recruits p300 and up-regulates Bcl2 transcription, which plays an important role in modulating the development and survival of the melanocyte lineage.
(Melanocyte Development Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This allele, which encodes myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2D protein, is involved in the modulation of transcription during muscle development and neuronal differentiation.
(MEF2D wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Aldosterone enters a target cell and binds MR, which translocates into the nucleus and regulates gene transcription.
(Aldosterone-Regulated Sodium Reabsorption Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
