Definition of "transduce" []

• To convert (energy) from one form to another. (verb-transitive)
• To transfer (genetic material or characteristics) from one bacterial cell to another. Used of a bacteriophage or plasmid. (verb-transitive)

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• "Have you ever noticed magical abilities to see, feel, hear, move and transduce energy?"
• "Mainly I study the sense of touch, and what the molecules are that transduce touch."
• "They transduce signals from inside the cell out, and outside the cell in."