transference

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about transference at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst.
2. Transferring ownership.
3. The act of transfering something from one form to another.

   the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise