transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈräs-trəm also ]
ˈrȯs- noun
( plural ros·tra -trə ; or rostrums )
Etymology: Latin, beak, ship's beak, from rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
Date: 1542
1.
[Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of rostrum ]
a. : an ancient Roman platform for public orators
b. : a stage for public speaking
c. : a raised platform on a stage
2. : the curved end of a ship's prow ; especially : the beak of a war galley
3. : a bodily part or process suggesting a bird's bill: as
a. : the beak, snout, or proboscis of any of various insects or arachnids
b. : the often spinelike anterior median prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean (as a crayfish or lobster)