transformation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

   undergo a radical transformation

2. 2
   noun

   the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

3. 3
   noun

   (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

4. 4
   noun

   a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

5. 5
   noun

   a qualitative change

6. 6
   noun

   (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

7. 7
   noun

   A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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