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noun
Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
(genetics) an exchange of chromosome parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
noun
the transport of dissolved material within a plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
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.
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