| translation | |
| 1. n. The act of translating, in its various senses: | |
| 2. n. The conversion of text from one language to another. | |
| 3. n. (translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language | |
| 4. n. The conversion of something from one form or medium to another. | |
| 5. n. (physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation. | |
| 6. n. (mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added | |
| 7. n. (genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome. | |
| 8. n. (physics) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox. | |
| 9. n. The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially: | |
| 10. n. # (Christianity) An ascension to Heaven without death. | |
| 11. n. # (Christianity) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another. | |
| 12. n. # (Christianity) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another. | |
| 13. n. # (medicine) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another. | |
| 14. n. The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses. | |
