translocate

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ locate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtranslə(ʊ)keɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

translocate (third-person singular simple present translocates, present participle translocating, simple past and past participle translocated)

1. (transitive) To displace, or move from one place to another.
   • 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 44:

     Unexpectedly, even some of the monoliths are throwing out new shoots. This is great news, as these trees contain ancient woodland DNA, so are a very valuable seedbank. Further along the site, Penny shows me a famous translocated stump... the Cubbington pear tree. [...] The stump was translocated, and the trunk used as a monolith - but not before dozens of cuttings had been taken, some of which are growing nearby. And the stump? It's already throwing out dozens of new shoots as it's become re-established.

2. (genetics, transitive, of a chromosomal segment) To cause to undergo translocation.
3. (biochemistry, transitive) To cause to undergo translocation, usually a transition through a membrane.

Derived terms

• translocation

• translocational

• translocatable

• untranslocatable

References

• “translocate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• East Carlton, cotranslate, transcolate