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English
Etymology
From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.
Pronunciation
Noun
transcript (plural transcripts)
- Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
- A copy of any kind; an imitation.
- 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Against Confidence in Philosophy (in Essays on Several Important Subjects)
The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian.
- A written version of what was said orally
the transcript of a trial
- (genetics) A molecule of RNA produced by transcription.
2015 December 12, “Identification and Comparative Expression Profiles of Chemoreception Genes Revealed from Major Chemoreception Organs of the Rice Leaf Folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Some transcripts were exclusively expressed in specific organs, such as female protarsus, whereas others were universally expressed, this varied expression profile may provide insights into the specific functions mediated by chemoreception proteins in insects.
- (education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.
1982 April 11, Timothy McDarrah, “THE LETTER-GRADE CONTROVERSY”, in The New York Times:The grading policy now specifies that all students enrolled before the spring 1982 semester in classes of less than 40 students will receive written evaluations, with either a nonletter grade (honors, pass or no credit) or a letter grade on their transcripts. Under the old system, the no-credit notation did not appear on the transcript.
Derived terms
Translations
something which has been transcribed
copy of any kind; an imitation
written version of what was said orally
molecule of RNA produced by transcription
inventory of courses and grades
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Further reading
- “transcript”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “transcript”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Verb
transcript (third-person singular simple present transcripts, present participle transcripting, simple past and past participle transcripted)
- (rare) To write a transcript; to transcribe.