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
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
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