I. ˈtranzˌkript, ˈtraan-, -n(t)ˌsk- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transcriptum, from Latin, neuter of transcriptus, past participle of transcribere to transcribe
1.
a. : a written or printed copy
a transcript of nine manuscript books — Gilbert Highet
a volume … containing transcripts from the papyrological collections — Jack Finegan
b. : a usually typewritten copy of dictated or recorded matter
the efficiency of shorthand instruction is to be judged entirely by … the transcripts turned out by the pupils — C.G.Reigner
c. : an official or legal and often published copy or engrossment of a decree, testimony, or proceedings
shall submit a transcript in duplicate of the ordinance
courts have held that in a dispute as to what was said … the reporter's transcript must be accepted as final — Law Stenographer
read the transcript of a round-table discussion appearing in the current issue — J.D.Adams
specifically : an official copy of a student's record at an educational institution
2. : a copy, reproduction, or rendering (as of experience) set forth or expressed usually in an art form
inexperienced readers take literature more naïvely as transcript rather than interpretation of life — René Wellek & Austin Warren
the book is a transcript from his own experience — British Book News
was an objective painter … returning always to his own type of studio-made transcripts from life around him — Sheldon Cheney
the formal content of the religion of the American Negro … is a transcript , modified for his own uses, of the religion of his white masters in the days of slavery — W.L.Sperry
II. noun
: a sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template