translation science definition
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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