translation
- Noun. (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
- Noun. (countable) The end result of translating text.
- Noun. (physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox. .
- Noun. (countable, mathematics) 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; also (in physics), the linear motion of a body considered independently of its rotation.
- Noun. (genetics) 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.
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