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mistranscription

mistranscription noun: incorrect transcription.

Noun

mistranscription (countable and uncountable, plural mistranscriptions)

  1. Incorrect transcription.
    • The first edition of the book included the mistranscription "jolly days" for "July days".

Forms of mistranscription

pluralmistranscriptions

Origin of mistranscription

From mis- + transcription.

Questions about mistranscription

What does mistranscription mean?
Mistranscription means incorrect transcription.
What part of speech is mistranscription?
Mistranscription is a noun.
What is the plural of mistranscription?
The plural of mistranscription is mistranscriptions.

Words near mistranscription in the dictionary

  1. mistranscribe
  2. mistranscribed
  3. mistranscribes
  4. mistranscribing
  5. mistranscript
  6. mistranscription
  7. mistranscriptions
  8. mistranscripts
  9. mistransfer
  10. mistransferred
  11. mistransferring

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