verb transitiveWord forms: transˈloˌcated or transˈloˌcating
to cause to change location or position
translocate in American English
(trænsˈloukeit, trænz-)
transitive verbWord forms: -cated, -cating
to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate
Word origin
[1825–35; trans- + locate]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, cross section, individualism, spiritualism, structuraltrans- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (transcend; transfix). On this model, trans- is used with the meanings “across,” “beyond,” “through,” “changing thoroughly,” “transverse,”in combination with elements of any origin. Other words that use the affix trans- include: trans-Martian, trans-Neptunian, transempirical, transisthmian, transvalue
Examples of 'translocate' in a sentence
translocate
These transcription factors and kinases are primarily cytoplasmic until activated, when they translocate to the nucleus.