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Vinony

translocation

noun

  1. act or process of moving or transferring from one place to another; displacing
  2. (of a cell) act or process of transporting material to destinations within the cell or outside of it
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English location English translocation 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.”

    “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 chromosome; the segment so transferred.
  3. A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.