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7 dictionary results for: Transformation
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trans·for·ma·tion       [trans-fer-mey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act or process of transforming.
2.the state of being transformed.
3.change in form, appearance, nature, or character.
4.Theater. a seemingly miraculous change in the appearance of scenery or actors in view of the audience.
5.Logic. Also called transform. one of a set of algebraic formulas used to express the relations between elements, sets, etc., that form parts of a given system.
6.Mathematics.
a.the act, process, or result of transforming or mapping.
b.function (def. 4a).
7.Linguistics.
a.transformational rule.
b.the process by which deep structures are converted into surface structures using transformational rules.
8.Genetics. the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another resulting in a genetic change in the recipient cell.
9.a wig or hairpiece for a woman.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < LL trānsfōrmātiōn- (s. of trānsfōrmātiō) change of shape. See trans-, formation]

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trans·for·ma·tion·al, adjective
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trans·for·ma·tion       (trāns'fər-mā'shən, -fôr-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or an instance of transforming.
    2. The state of being transformed.
    3. Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables.
    4. A mapping of one space onto another or onto itself.
    5. A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form or form of a sentence into another.
    6. A construction or sentence derived by such a rule; a transform.
    7. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.
    8. The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another bacterial cell, especially a pathogen.
  2. A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.
  3. Mathematics
    1. Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables.
    2. A mapping of one space onto another or onto itself.
    3. A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form or form of a sentence into another.
    4. A construction or sentence derived by such a rule; a transform.
    5. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.
    6. The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another bacterial cell, especially a pathogen.
  4. Linguistics
    1. A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form or form of a sentence into another.
    2. A construction or sentence derived by such a rule; a transform.
    3. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.
    4. The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another bacterial cell, especially a pathogen.
  5. Genetics
    1. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.
    2. The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another bacterial cell, especially a pathogen.

trans'for·ma'tion·al, trans·form'a·tive (-fôr'mə-tĭv) adj.
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transformation

noun
1. a qualitative change 
2. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system 
3. a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure 
4. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA 
5. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" 

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transformation       (trāns'fər-mā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The genetic alteration of a bacteria cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell or from a virus. Plasmids, which contain extrachromosomal DNA, are used to transform bacteria in recombinant DNA research.
  2. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.

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transformation trans·for·ma·tion (trāns'fər-mā'shən, -fôr-)
n.

  1. See metamorphosis.
  2. The genetic alteration of a bacterial cell by introduction of DNA from another cell or from a virus.

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transformation
program transformation

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Transformation

Trans`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. transformatio: cf. transformation.] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: (a) (Biol.) 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.

(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis. (c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation. (d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion. (e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.

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