transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdī-ə-ˌtäm ]
noun
Etymology: ultimately from Greek diatomos cut in half, from diatemnein to cut through, from dia- + temnein to cut — more at tome
Date: 1845
: any of a class (Bacillariophyceae) of minute planktonic unicellular or colonial algae with silicified skeletons that form diatomaceous earth