transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-pə-ˈje-nə-səs ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin
Date: 1798
1. : development of a plant or animal from an egg or spore through a series of processes in which unorganized cell masses differentiate into organs and organ systems ; also : the theory that plant and animal development proceeds in this way — compare preformation 2
2. : change in the mineral character of a rock owing to outside influences