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  • Transcription (genetics)
    Transcription (genetics)
    Transcription, or RNA synthesis, is the process of creating an equivalent RNA copy of a sequence of DNA. Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary language that can be converted back and forth from DNA to RNA in the presence of the correct enzymes...

    , the copying of DNA into messenger RNA in gene expression
  • Transcription (linguistics)
    Transcription (linguistics)
    Transcription is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken-language source, as in the proceedings of a court hearing. It can also mean the conversion of a written source into another medium, as by scanning books and making digital versions...

    , the representation of speech in written form
  • Transcription (music)
    Transcription (music)
    In music, transcription can mean notating a piece or a sound which was previously unnotated, as, for example, an improvised jazz solo. Further examples include ethnomusicological notation of oral traditions of folk music, such as Béla Bartók's and Ralph Vaughan Williams' collections of the national...

    , notating an unnotated piece, or copying / rewriting a piece for clarity or as an arrangement for another instrument
  • Medical transcription
    Medical transcription
    Medical transcription, also known as MT, is an allied health profession, which deals in the process of transcription, or converting voice-recorded reports as dictated by physicians and/or other healthcare professionals, into text format.-History:...

    , documentation of patient medical records
  • Piano transcription
    Piano transcription
    A piano transcription is a piece of music played on one or more pianos that is an approximation of a source piece of music. The source may be music for a solo instrument or voice, an ensemble of instruments and/or voices, or even a piece originally for solo or ensemble piano...

    , a piece of music played on one or more pianos that is an approximation of a source piece of music
  • Transcription discs
    Transcription discs
    Transcription discs are recordings of live performances generally referring to radio broadcast transcriptions on 10, 12 and 16 inch discs made before the advent of audiotape. Transcription discs were also used for the sound in early "Talkies", most notably the Warner Bros...

    , sound recordings made during broadcasting for internal use by the broadcasting organization.