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translocation

noun

Etymology

From trans- + location.

  1. borrowed from locatio
  2. prefixed as translocation — “trans + location”

Definitions

  1. Removal of things from one place to another

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

    • There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge.
    • By taking users to places where they would or could not really go, the technology offered empathy or awe via translocation.

  2. A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous…

    A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.

  3. A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

The neighborhood

Derived

posttranslocation, retranslocation, retrotranslocation, Robertsonian translocation, translocational

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for translocation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA