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  1. Biochemistry The process in the ribosomes of a cell by which a strand of messenger RNA directs the assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein. Compare transcription.
  2. 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.
  3. Mathematics The changing of the coordinates of points to coordinates that are referred to new axes that are parallel to the old axes.

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