transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-kə-ˌni-zəm ]
noun
Date: 1662
1.
a. : a piece of machinery
b. : a process, technique, or system for achieving a result
2. : mechanical operation or action : working 2
3. : a doctrine that holds natural processes (as of life) to be mechanically determined and capable of complete explanation by the laws of physics and chemistry
4. : the fundamental processes involved in or responsible for an action, reaction, or other natural phenomenon
mechanism s of organic evolution
— compare defense mechanism