translocation en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English location English translocation From trans- + location.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge.
1728–1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], !(please specify |tome=I or II), London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC:By taking users to places where they would or could not really go, the technology offered empathy or awe via translocation.
2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:
- (countable, uncountable) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
- (countable, uncountable) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| translocations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
retrotranslocation · Robertsonian translocation · hypertranslocation · translin · translocational · retranslocation · cotranslocation · posttranslocation · pretranslocation · nontranslocation
Relateds
Translations (13)
es traslocación (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · pt translocação (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · es traslado (displacement, substitution) · es translocación (displacement, substitution) · fi siirtäminen (displacement, substitution) · fr translocation (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · it traslocazione (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · fi korvaaminen (displacement, substitution) · fi translokaatio (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · id translokasi (displacement, substitution) · nl translocatie (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment) · fi siirto (displacement, substitution) · id translokasi (genetics: transfer of chromosomal segment)