translocate

IPA: trænsɫoʊkeɪt

(transitive) To displace, or move from one place to another.
(genetics, transitive, of a chromosomal segment) To cause to undergo translocation.
(biochemistry, transitive) To cause to undergo translocation, usually a transition through a membrane.

Examples of "translocate" in Sentences

Research has shown that it also does not translocate to streams and other water sources.
It's a fancy way of letting you translocate ledges and monsters into more head-stomp convenient configurations.
As for the lynx, "" they don't translocate as well as other species, '' says Stephen Torbit, a senior scientist at the National Wildlife Foundation.
Intense management efforts have helped build up the populations of the Seychelles magpie robin on Frégate Island, and to translocate it to other islands.
The process has speeded up in recent decades, as the Chinese government is eager to translocate people to places like this from the crowded eastern portion of the country.
Upon activation, these transcription factors translocate to the nucleus of the cell, where they attach to receptor sites on the genes and upregulate, or turn on, their expression.
– The Nature Conservancy has reintroduced this endangered bird in Central Florida, with funding used to monitor birds released in 2007 and translocate 10 more birds to the site in 2008.
Burying plastic bottles in the heathland may seem a little strange to some of our visitors, but the experts have found that this is the best way to translocate the spiders, said Branston.
Much-publicized progress so far includes the restocking of wildlife species in Mozambique, involving, for example, a US$20-million project to "translocate" elephants from South Africa's Kruger Park to Mozambique's Limpopo National Park (formerly Coutada 16).