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cotranslation

cotranslation noun: the joint translation of a work from one language to another by more than one person.

Noun

cotranslation (countable and uncountable, plural cotranslations)

  1. The joint translation of a work from one language to another by more than one person.
  2. An equivalence map that is the dual of a translation.
  3. The process by which multiple ribosomes simultaneously translate a single mRNA molecule into multiple copies of the same protein.
    • Immunoprecipitation then indicated that cotranslation resulted in stable complex formation of Kox1/TIF1B and Kox1KL/TIF1B (Fig. 18.2A, lane 4 and Fig. 18.2B, lane 11).2012, James R. Swartz, Cell-Free Protein Expression, →ISBN, page 156

Forms of cotranslation

pluralcotranslations

Origin of cotranslation

From co- + translation.

Questions about cotranslation

What does cotranslation mean?
Cotranslation means the joint translation of a work from one language to another by more than one person.
What part of speech is cotranslation?
Cotranslation is a noun.
What is the plural of cotranslation?
The plural of cotranslation is cotranslations.

Words near cotranslation in the dictionary

  1. cotransforms
  2. cotranslate
  3. cotranslated
  4. cotranslates
  5. cotranslating
  6. cotranslation
  7. cotranslational
  8. cotranslationally
  9. cotranslations
  10. cotranslator
  11. cotranslators

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