Definitions of transcription:

  • noun:   a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
  • noun:   something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
  • noun:   (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
  • noun:   the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
  • noun:   the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music