transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkäm-pə-ˈzi-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English composicioun, from Anglo-French composicion, from Latin composition-, compositio, from componere
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : the act or process of composing ; specifically : arrangement into specific proportion or relation and especially into artistic form
b.
(1) : the arrangement of type for printing
hand composition
(2) : the production of type or typographic characters (as in photocomposition) arranged for printing
2.
a. : the manner in which something is composed
b. : general makeup
the changing ethnic composition of the city — Leonard Buder
c. : the qualitative and quantitative makeup of a chemical compound
3. : mutual settlement or agreement
4. : a product of mixing or combining various elements or ingredients
5. : an intellectual creation: as
a. : a piece of writing ; especially : a school exercise in the form of a brief essay
b. : a written piece of music especially of considerable size and complexity
6. : the quality or state of being compound
7. : the operation of forming a composite function ; also : composite function
• com·po·si·tion·al -ˈzish-nəl, -ˈzi-shə-n ə l adjective
• com·po·si·tion·al·ly adverb