|tran(t)s, -raan-, -nz+ noun
Etymology: trans- + location
: an act, process or instance of translocating
water, wind, ice, and human agency are the chief factors in translocation and accumulation of dead shells in areas other than those in which they originate — H.J.Van Cleve
as
a. : conduction 3 ; especially : the transfer of water from one part of a plant body to another
b. : the attachment of a broken-off segment of one chromosome to another ; especially : the exchange of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes — compare crossing-over