transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˌsi-mə-ˈlā-shən ]
noun
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : an act, process, or instance of assimilating
b. : the state of being assimilated
2. : the incorporation or conversion of nutrients into protoplasm that in animals follows digestion and absorption and in higher plants involves both photosynthesis and root absorption
3. : change of a sound in speech so that it becomes identical with or similar to a neighboring sound
the usual assimilation of z to sh in the phrase his shoe
4. : the process of receiving new facts or of responding to new situations in conformity with what is already available to consciousness