Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables, The introduction of DNA from one cell into another by means of a bacteriophage or one of a variety of chemical or physical methods, The change of one metal into another; transmutation of metals, according to the alchemists

The act of passing over, across, or through; passage, Conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a local public transportation system, A surveying instrument similar to a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles, intransitive verb_ To pass over, across, or through, To revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction, To make a transit, verb_ pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place), To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction, To pass over, across or through something

Change from one form, state, style, or place to another, A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another, A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation, verb_ cause to convert or undergo a transition, make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another), LGBT To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity, intransitive verb_ To make a transition, Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play

To render in another language, To change from one form, function, or state to another; convert or transform, To convey to heaven without death, transitive verb_ To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death, To change into another form; to transform, physics To subject (a body) to translation, i.e., to move a body on a linear path with no rotation

Simple past tense and past participle of translate

The act or process of translating, especially from one language into another, Physics Motion of a body in which every point of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point of the body, The removal of a person from one office to another, or from one sphere of duty to another; specifically, the removal of a bishop from one see to another; in Scotland, the removal of a clergyman from one pastoral charge to another

Plural form of translation

One employed to render written works into another language, A computer program or application that renders one language or data format into another, Specifically— One who renders something spoken or written in one language into another_ as, he held the office of public translator

Something, such as a message, that is transmitted, An automotive assembly of gears and associated parts by which power is transmitted from the engine to a driving axle, The apparatus and mechanism for transmitting (with transformation) the revolutions of the motor-shaft in a motor-car to the driving-wheels

To impart or convey to others by heredity, To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another, To send out a signal (as opposed to receive), transitive verb_ To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance, To convey energy or force through a mechanism, To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another, verb_ transfer to another, transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television