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Webster 1913 Edition
Translation
Trans-la′tion
,Noun.
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 bishop2.
The act of rendering into another language; interpretation;
as, the
. translation
of idioms is difficult3.
That which is obtained by translating something a version;
as, a
. translation
of the Scriptures4.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Translation
TRANSLA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of removing or conveying from one place to another; removal; as the translation of a disease from the foot to the breast.2.
The removal of a bishop from one see to another.3.
The removal of a person to heaven without subjecting him to death.4.
The act of turning into another language; interpretation; as the translation of Virgil or Homer.5.
That which is produced by turning into another language; a version. We have a good translation of the Scriptures.