transduction
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- Rhymes: -ʌkʃən
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transduction (countable and uncountable; plural transductions)
- (biology) The transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid
- The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another
- (physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another
- (physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer
- (logic) A form of inference involving reasoning from one specific case to another (compare induction)
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