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Transformation and Transform Definitions

Transformation

The act or an instance of transforming
Her difficult transformation of the yard into a garden.

Transform

To change markedly the appearance or form of
"A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons" (David Michael Kaplan).

Transformation

The state of being transformed
Impressed by the transformation of the yard.

Transform

To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert
A steam engine transforms heat into mechanical energy.

Transformation

A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better
Recent transformations in the format of the publication.

Transform

(Mathematics) To subject to a transformation.
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Transformation

Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables.

Transform

(Electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.

Transformation

A mapping of one space onto another or onto itself.

Transform

(Genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.

Transformation

(Linguistics) An operation or rule that changes one linguistic structure (especially a syntactic structure) into another, as by the merger, relocation, or deletion of one of its constituents.

Transform

To undergo a transformation.
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Transformation

The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.

Transform

The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation.

Transformation

The introduction of DNA from one cell into another by means of a bacteriophage or one of a variety of chemical or physical methods.

Transform

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Transformation

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
Undergo a radical transformation

Transform

(transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
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Transformation

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

Transform

To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

Transformation

(mathematics) 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. Category:en:Functions

Transform

To subject to the action of a transformer.

Transformation

(linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.

Transform

To subject (a cell) to transformation.

Transformation

(genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.

Transform

(intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

Transformation

The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.

Transform

(analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.

Transformation

The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

Transform

(by extension) A function so produced.

Transformation

Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.

Transform

A transform fault.

Transformation

Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.

Transform

To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster.

Transformation

The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.

Transform

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

Transformation

A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.

Transform

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Transformation

The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.

Transform

To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transformation

A qualitative change

Transform

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
His hair transforms to down.

Transformation

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

Transform

Subject to a mathematical transformation

Transformation

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

Transform

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;
This experience transformed her completely
She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
Transubstantiate one element into another

Transformation

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

Transform

Change in outward structure or looks;
He transformed into a monster
The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

Transformation

The act of changing in form or shape or appearance;
A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface

Transform

Change from one form or medium into another;
Braque translated collage into oil

Transform

Convert (one form of energy) to another;
Transform energy to light

Transform

Change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

Transform

Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)

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