Transformation vs. Transform

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)