transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈker-ē-ər, ˈka-rē- ]
noun
Date: 14th century
1. : one that carries : bearer , messenger
2.
a. : an individual or organization engaged in transporting passengers or goods for hire
b. : a transportation line carrying mail between post offices
c. : a postal employee who delivers or collects mail
d. : one that delivers newspapers
e. : an entity (as a hole or an electron) capable of carrying an electric charge
3.
a. : a container for carrying
b. : a device or machine that carries : conveyor
4. : aircraft carrier
5.
a. : a bearer and transmitter of a causative agent of an infectious disease ; especially : one who carries the causative agent of a disease systemically but is asymptomatic or immune to it
b. : an individual (as one heterozygous for a recessive trait) having a specified gene that is not expressed or only weakly expressed in its phenotype
6.
a. : a usually inactive accessory substance : vehicle
a carrier for a drug or an insecticide
b. : a substance (as a catalyst) by whose agency some element or group is transferred from one compound to another
7.
a. : an electromagnetic wave or alternating current whose modulations are used as communications signals (as in radio, telephonic, or telegraphic transmissions)
b. : a telecommunication company
8. : an organization acting as an insurer