transcription: Meaning and Definition of

tran•scrip•tion

1. the act or process of transcribing.
2. something transcribed.
3. a transcript; copy.
1. the arrangement of a composition for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
2. a composition so arranged.
5. a recording made esp. for broadcasting.
6. the process by which genetic information on a strand of DNA is used to synthesize a strand of complementary RNA.