Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

translocation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: translo-ca-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. 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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

translocations (plural)

Derived Forms

cotranslocation hypertranslocation nontranslocation posttranslocation pretranslocation retranslocation retrotranslocation translin translocational

Phrases

Robertsonian translocation

Frequently Paired Words

translocate

Questions

What does translocation mean?: Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
Where does translocation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. 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.

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