transformation

Meanings

Plural: transformations

Noun

• a qualitative change
• (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
• a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
• (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
• the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
• The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
• A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
• 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.
• A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
• The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
• The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.

Synonyms

metamorphosis, shapeshifting, shift, transfiguration, translation, transmogrification, transmutation

Related Words

transform