transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈskər-zhən ]
noun
Etymology: Latin excursion-, excursio, from excurrere
Date: circa 1587
1.
a. : a going out or forth : expedition
b.
(1) : a usually brief pleasure trip
(2) : a trip at special reduced rates
2. : deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course ; especially : digression
needless excursion s into abstruse theory
3. : a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis ; also : the distance traversed : amplitude
the excursion of a piston