noun

• (countable, uncountable) The act of translating, in its various senses:
• The conversion of text from one language to another.
• (translation studies) The discipline or study of translating written language (as opposed to interpretation, which concerns itself with spoken language).
• The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
• (physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
• (mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.
• (genetics) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
• (physics) A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
• The automatic retransmission of a telegraph message.
• The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
• (Christianity) An ascension to Heaven without death.
• (Christianity) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
• (Christianity) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
• (medicine) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
• (countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.