1. Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
   "The secretary produced a transcription of the meeting minutes";
   - written text
    
2. The act of making a record (especially an audio record)
   "she watched the transcription from a sound-proof booth";
   - recording
    
3. The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
   "His transcription of the classical piece for jazz ensemble was innovative";
   - arrangement, arranging
    
4. A sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
   "The journalist reviewed the transcription of the interview before writing her article"
    
5. (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
   "Transcription is the first step in gene expression"

Derived forms: transcriptions

Type of: biological process, black and white, composing, composition, creating from raw materials, organic process, recording, written communication, written language

Encyclopedia: Transcription, genetic