1. (

• transference

) (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. (

• transfer ,
• transference

) transferring ownership ;

3. (

• transfer ,
• transference ,

) 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" ;