transcription, транскрипция: [ -shəs ]
adjective
Date: 1542
1.
a. : capable of causing infection
viruses and other infectious agents
b. : communicable by infection
an infectious disease
— compare contagious
2. : that corrupts or contaminates
3. : spreading or capable of spreading rapidly to others
their enthusiasm was infectious
an infectious grin
• in·fec·tious·ly adverb
• in·fec·tious·ness noun