transcription in WordNet English dictionary

1. the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
   arrangement  arranging  transcription 
   
2. the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
   "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
   recording  transcription 
   
3. a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
   transcription 
   
4. something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
   transcription  written text 
   
5. (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
   transcription