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[edit] Etymology

Latin translatio, transfer, from trans-, across, + latio, carrying, from latus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferre (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -io

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Singular
translation

Plural
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translation (countable and uncountable; plural translations)

  1. (uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
  2. (countable) The end result of translating text.
  3. (physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
  4. (countable) (mathematics, physics) Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction.
  5. (genetics) A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.

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  • (abbreviation) t9n

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[edit] French

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From Latin translatio.

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translation f. (plural translations)

  1. translation (in mathematics and physics)

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Inflection for translation Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative translation translationen translationer translationerna
Genitive translations translationens translationers translationernas

translation c.

  1. translation (in mathematics and physics)
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