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//ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. countable, uncountable
"undergo a radical transformation"
- 2 the act of changing in form or shape or appearance wordnet
- 3 A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better. countable, uncountable
- 4 (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA wordnet
- 5 The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure wordnet
- 7 A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule. countable, uncountable
- 8 a qualitative change wordnet
- 9 The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic. countable, uncountable
- 10 (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system wordnet
- 11 The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa. South-Africa, countable, uncountable
- 12 A woman's wig. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.
See also for "transformation"
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