transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthē-səs, Britain especially for 1 ]
ˈthe-sis noun
( plural the·ses ˈthē-ˌsēz)
Etymology: in sense 1, Middle English, lowering of the voice, from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, from Greek, downbeat, more important part of a foot, literally, act of laying down; in other senses, Latin, from Greek, literally, act of laying down, from tithenai to put, lay down — more at do
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) : the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse
(2) : the longer part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse
b. : the accented part of a musical measure : downbeat — compare arsis
2.
a. : a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument
b. : a proposition to be proved or one advanced without proof : hypothesis
3. : the first and least adequate stage of dialectic — compare synthesis
4. : a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view ; especially : one written by a candidate for an academic degree