Trans*la"tion (?), n.
[F. translation, L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See Translate, and cf. Tralation.]
1. The act
of translating, removing, or
transferring; removal; also,
the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop.
2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
3. That which is
obtained by translating something a version; as, a
translation of the Scriptures.
4.
(Rhet.) A transfer
of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.] B.
Jonson.
5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
A. Tucker.
6. (Kinematics)
Motion in which all the
points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
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