(n)(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
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 ]
[ひょうき, hyouki](n, vs, adj-no) (1) writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face; (2) expression in writing; notation; transcription; (P)#378[Add to Longdo]