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trăns-lāshən, trănz-
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noun
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A translating or being translated.
Webster's New World
The result of a translating; esp., writing or speech translated into another language.
Webster's New World
A translated version of a text.
American Heritage
Motion in which every point of the moving object has simultaneously the same velocity and direction of motion.
Webster's New World
The process by which messenger RNA directs the amino acid sequence of a growing polypeptide during protein synthesis.
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Noun

Singular:
translation
Plural:
translations

Origin of Translation

  • From Latin trānslātiō (“transfer”), from trans- (“across”), + lātiō (“carrying”), from lātus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferō (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -iō.

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