translocation

noun — 3 senses

translocation

noun

Etymology From trans- + location.

1

Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.

  • There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge.1728–1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], !(please specify |tome=I or II), London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC:
  • By taking users to places where they would or could not really go, the technology offered empathy or awe via translocation.2023 June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, in The Atlantic:
2

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

3

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

Derived terms
cotranslocation, hypertranslocation, nontranslocation, posttranslocation, pretranslocation, retranslocation, retrotranslocation, Robertsonian translocation, translin, translocational
Related terms
translocate

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