Transduction

Trans-duc′tion

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Noun.

[L.

transducere

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traducere

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-dictum

, to lead across or over. See

.]

The act of conveying over.

[R.]

Entick.

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Noun.

[L. trans and duco.] The act of conveying over.

transduction ‎(countable and uncountable, plural transductions)

(biology) The transfer of genetic material from one bacterial cell to another by a bacteriophage or plasmid
The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another
(physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another
(physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer
(logic) A form of inference involving reasoning from one specific case to another (compare induction)

Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) n ‎(preobrazovánije), трансдукция (ru) f ‎(transdukcija)