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1. Noun

The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.

2. Noun

The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.

3. Noun

That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.

4. Noun

A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation.

5. Noun

Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.

6. Noun

Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.

7. Noun

A transformation in which each point of a figure moves the same distance in the same direction

8. Noun

(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
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

9. Noun

(genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
Vocabulary classified under Biology

10. Noun

the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
Vocabulary classified under Word origins

11. Noun

a uniform movement without rotation
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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