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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