v.
Pronunciation: tran(t)s- ' düs, tranz-, - ' dyüs
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: trans · duced ; trans · duc · ing
Etymology: Latin transducere to lead across, transfer, from trans- + ducere to lead ― more at TOW
Date: 1947
1 : to convert (as energy or a message) into another form <essentially sense organs transduce physical energy into a nervous signal>
2 : to cause (genetic material) to undergo transduction