Translation1. (n.) 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. (n.) The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult.
3. (n.) That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures.
4. (n.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a translation.
5. (n.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.
6. (n.) 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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