TRANSCRIPTION

recording, transcription

(noun) the act of making a record (especially an audio record); “she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth”

arrangement, arranging, transcription

(noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

transcription

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

transcription, written text

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

transcription

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

transcription (countable and uncountable, plural transcriptions)

The act or process of transcribing.

Something that has been transcribed, including

(music) An adaptation of a composition.

(broadcasting) A recorded radio or television programme.

(linguistics) A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.

(obsolete) A written document.

(genetics) The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA.

Coordinate terms

• musical dictation

Source: Wiktionary

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Tran*scrip"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. transcription, L. transcriptio a transfer.]

1. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

2. A copy; a transcript. Walton.

3. (Mus.)

Definition: 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 composes 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, Listzt's transcriptions of songs by Schubert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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