Translation (LDS Church)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of uniform movement
(2) The act of changing in form or shape or appearance
"A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
(3) Rewording something in less technical terminology
(4) A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
(5) A uniform movement without rotation
(6) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
(7) (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
WiktionaryText
Etymology
translatio, transfer, from trans-, across, + latio, carrying, from latus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferre (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -io
Noun
- The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
- The end result of translating text.
- Translation of forces in a gearbox.
- Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction.
- A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.
Related terms
- translate
- translational
- translative
- translator
- translatory
- rendition
Noun
translation
- translation (in mathematics and physics)