Transformation

//ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. countable, uncountable

    "undergo a radical transformation"

  2. 2
    the act of changing in form or shape or appearance wordnet
  3. 3
    A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure wordnet
  2. 7
    A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a qualitative change wordnet
  4. 9
    The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system wordnet
  6. 11
    The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa. South-Africa, countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A woman's wig. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.

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