Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRANSLATION
translation, displacement
(noun) the act of uniform movement
transformation, translation
(noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; “a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface”
translation
(noun) rewording something in less technical terminology
translation, interlingual rendition, rendering, version
(noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
translation
(noun) a uniform movement without rotation
translation
(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
translation
(noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
translation (countable and uncountable, plural translations)
(countable, uncountable) The act of translating, in its various senses
The conversion of text from one language to another.
(translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
(mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
(genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
(physics) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially
(Christianity) An ascension to Heaven without death.
(Christianity) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
(Christianity) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
(medicine) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
(countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
Anagrams
• translatino
Source: Wiktionary
Trans*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See Translate, and cf. Tralation.]
1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
3. That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
4. (Rhet.)
Definition: A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
5. (Metaph.)
Definition: Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas. A. Tucker.
6. (Kinematics)
Definition: Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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