transduce

Etymology

From Latin trans (“across”, preposition) + dūcō ("to lead, to guide") + -tiō to indicate the action of a verb. Altogether meaning "leading through or across".

Verb

transduce (third-person singular simple present transduces, present participle transducing, simple past and past participle transduced)

1. (transitive) To convert energy from one form to another
2. (transitive, biology) To transfer genetic material from one bacterial cell to another

Anagrams

• reducants, underacts, undercast, unredacts

Verb

trānsdūce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsdūcō