— transcriptional , adj. — transcriptionally , adv. — transscriptionist , n. — transcriptive /tran skrip"tiv/ , adj. — transcriptively , adv.
/tran skrip"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act or process of transcribing.
2. something transcribed.
3. a transcript; copy.
4. Music.
a. the arrangement of a composition for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
b. a composition so arranged.
5. Radio and Television. a recording made esp. for broadcasting.
6. Genetics. the process by which genetic information on a strand of DNA is used to synthesize a strand of complementary RNA.
[ 1590-1600; transcription- (s. of transcriptio ). See TRANSCRIPT, -ION ]