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1.Definition: (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm

Category: General

2.Definition: (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

Category: General

3.Definition: a uniform movement without rotation

Category: General

4.Definition: a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language

Related Noun(s):version

Category: General

5.Definition: rewording something in less technical terminology

Category: General

6.Definition: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

"A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

Related Noun(s):transformation

Category: General

7.Definition: the act of uniform movement

Related Noun(s):displacement

Category: General