Meanings
plural transvections
- countableuncountablebiologyAn epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
Transvection effects include both activation and silencing.
Synonyms: trans-sensing
- countableuncountablemathematicsA kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
a projective transvection
Synonyms: shear
- countableuncountableThe act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch.
In transvection witches rode broomsticks, a classical phallic symbol.
1996, Avner Falk, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews, →ISBN, page 532
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
nounA kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
Origin
From transvect + -ion. Coined in the genetic sense by Edward B. Lewis in 1954.
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