Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun transcription

5 senses of transcription

Sense 1
transcription, written text -- (something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation)
       => written communication, written language, black and white -- (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

Sense 2
transcription -- ((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)
       => organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)

Sense 3
transcription -- (a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording))
       => recording -- (a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded)

Sense 4
arrangement, arranging, transcription -- (the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music)
       => composing, composition -- (musical creation)

Sense 5
recording, transcription -- (the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth")
       => creating from raw materials -- (the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it)