translocate

present singular third person translocates · participle present translocating · participle past translocated · past translocated

1. transitivechiefly passive voiceTo move or transfer (someone or something) from one place to another; to displace, to relocate, to remove.

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   Unexpectedly, even some of the monoliths are throwing out new shoots. This is great news, as these trees contain ancient woodland DNA, so are a very valuable seedbank. Further along the site, Penny shows me a famous translocated stump … the Cubbington pear tree. […] The stump was translocated, and the trunk used as a monolith – but not before dozens of cuttings had been taken, some of which are growing nearby. And the stump? It's already throwing out dozens of new shoots as it's become re-established.

   2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is Just ‘Passing Through’”, in Rail, number 953, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44

   1. transitivechiefly passive voiceTo move or transfer (an animal) from one place to another, especially as part of a wildlife conservation programme.
2. transitivechiefly passive voicebiochemistryTo cause (a molecule, substance, etc.) to undergo translocation through a cell membrane or body tissue, usually by an active process.
3. transitivechiefly passive voicebiologyTo cause (a chromosomal segment) to undergo translocation to a different place, especially on a non-homologous chromosome.
4. intransitiveTo move or travel from one place to another; to relocate.
5. intransitivebiochemistryOf a molecule, substance, etc.: to undergo translocation through a cell membrane or body tissue, usually by an active process.
6. intransitivebiologyOf a chromosomal segment: to undergo translocation to a different place, especially on a non-homologous chromosome.

plural translocates

1. biologyA substance which is moved by translocation through a body tissue or cell membrane, especially (botany) through the phloem of a plant.