transvections

Noun

transvection (countable and uncountable, plural transvections)

1. An epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
   • Transvection effects include both activation and silencing.

   Synonyms:

   trans-sensing

2. A kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
   • a projective transvection

   Synonyms:

   shear

3. The act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch.
   • In transvection witches rode broomsticks, a classical phallic symbol.1996, Avner Falk, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews, →ISBN, page 532