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Translation   /trænzlˈeɪʃən/  /trænslˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Translation  n.  
1.
The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
2.
The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
3.
That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
4.
(Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. (Obs.)
5.
(Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
6.
(Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; opposed to rotation.






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