translation

Noun
  1. A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language (synset 106548380)
    is a type of: written account, written record - a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
    subtypes:
    • mistranslation - an incorrect translation
    • crib, pony, trot - a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
    • retroversion - translation back into the original language
    • caption, subtitle - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
    • supertitle, surtitle - translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
    same as: interlingual rendition, rendering, version
  2. A uniform movement without rotation (synset 107461004)
    is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
    subtypes: displacement, shift - an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  3. The act of changing in form or shape or appearance (synset 100399512)
    "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
    is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
    subtypes:
    • permutation - complete change in character or condition
    • alteration, revision - the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
    • transfiguration - the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify
    • transmogrification - the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one)
    • metamorphosis - a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
    same as: transformation
  4. (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same (synset 113807948)
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: transformation - (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
  5. (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm (synset 113590186)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
  6. Rewording something in less technical terminology (synset 106441153)
    is a type of: paraphrase, paraphrasis - rewording for the purpose of clarification
  7. The act of uniform movement (synset 100331810)
    is a type of: motion, move, movement - the act of changing location from one place to another
    same as: displacement

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