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noun

A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

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Word Facts

Word length
11
Starts with
T
Ends with
N
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
11
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

tɹænzˈleɪʃ(ə)n

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

noun

  1. A uniform movement without rotation

noun

  1. The act of changing in form or shape or appearance

    “A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface”

noun

  1. (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

noun

  1. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

noun

  1. Rewording something in less technical terminology

noun

  1. The act of uniform movement

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Example Sentences

A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface

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