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say it: tran-SKRIP-shuhn
transcription is a noun meaning "something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation". It carries 5 recorded senses.
something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
genetics
a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
“she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for transcription come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.