transform
to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
to change into another substance; transmute.
Electricity.
to increase or decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of an alternating-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
to decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of a direct-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
Mathematics. to change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value.
Physics. to change into another form of energy.
to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.
Mathematics.
a mathematical quantity obtained from a given quantity by an algebraic, geometric, or functional transformation.
the transformation itself.
the result of a transformation.
a transformation.
Logic. transformation (def. 5).
Linguistics. a structure derived by a transformation.
Origin of transform
1synonym study For transform
Other words for transform
Other words from transform
- trans·form·a·ble, adjective
- trans·form·a·tive, adjective
- in·ter·trans·form·a·ble, adjective
- non·trans·form·ing, adjective
- re·trans·form, verb (used with object)
- self-trans·formed, adjective
- un·trans·form·a·ble, adjective
- un·trans·formed, adjective
- un·trans·form·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for transform
to alter or be altered radically in form, function, etc
(tr) to convert (one form of energy) to another form
(tr) maths to change the form of (an equation, expression, etc) by a mathematical transformation
(tr) to increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) using a transformer
maths the result of a mathematical transformation, esp (of a matrix or an element of a group) another related to the given one by B = X –1 AX for some appropriate X
Origin of transform
1Derived forms of transform
- transformable, adjective
- transformative, adjective
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