transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈta-thə-səs ]
noun
( plural me·tath·e·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose, from meta- + tithenai to place — more at do
Date: circa 1538
: a change of place or condition: as
a. : transposition of two phonemes in a word (as in the development of crud from curd or the pronunciation ˈpər-tē for pretty )
b. : a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules
• met·a·thet·i·cal ˌme-tə-ˈthe-ti-kəl or met·a·thet·ic -tik adjective
• met·a·thet·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb