transvectionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

transvection (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 transvections)

1. (genetics) An epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome

   Transvection effects include both activation and silencing.

2. (mathematics) A 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

3. The act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch.
   • 1996, Avner Falk, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews‎^[1], →ISBN, page 532:

     In transvection witches rode broomsticks, a classical phallic symbol.

同意語

• (epigenetic interaction): trans-sensing
• (linear mapping): shear

関連する語

• transvect
• transvective
• transvector

参考

• transfection
• transvection on Wikipedia.