transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspän(t)-sən ]
noun
Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from expansion
Date: 1835
1.
a. : a projection (as a gun platform) from the side of a ship or a tank
b. : an air chamber along a canoe to increase stability and buoyancy
2. : a light air-filled structure or a winglike part protruding from the hull of a seaplane to steady it on water