[trans.duce] vt trans.duced ; trans.duc.ing [L transducere to lead across, transfer, fr. trans- + ducere to lead--more at tow] (1947) 1: to convert (as energy or a message) into another form "essentially sense organs ~ physical energy into a nervous signal"
2: to bring about the transfer of (as a gene) from one microorganism to another by means of a viral agent