English Dictionary

transduction

noun

(biology) The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another typically between bacterial cells, and typically via a bacteriophage or pilus.

The transduction of signals is an important process in cellular communication.

意味（1）

(biology) The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another typically between bacterial cells, and typically via a bacteriophage or pilus.

意味（2）

The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another.

意味（3）

(physiology) The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another.

意味（4）

(physics) The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer.

意味（5）

(logic) Particularly in the discipline of artificial intelligence, a form of inference, according to which the response appropriate to a particular known case, also is appropriate to another particular case diagnosed to be functionally identical. This contrasts with induction, in which general rules derived from past observations are applied to future cases as a class (compare also analogy).