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trans⋅for⋅ma⋅tion

  [trans-fer-mey-shuhn]
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–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

Related forms:
trans⋅for⋅ma⋅tion⋅al, adjective

func⋅tion

  [fuhngk-shuhn]
–noun
1. the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
2. any ceremonious public or social gathering or occasion.
3. a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.
4. Mathematics.
a. Also called correspondence, map, mapping, transformation. a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, as the expression y = x2; operator.
b. Also called multiple-value function. a relation between two sets in which two or more elements of the second set are assigned to each element of the first set, as y2 = x2, which assigns to every x the two values y = +x and y = −x.
c. a set of ordered pairs in which none of the first elements of the pairs appears twice.
5. Geometry.
a. a formula expressing a relation between the angles of a triangle and its sides, as sine or cosine.
b. hyperbolic function.
6. Grammar.
a. the grammatical role a linguistic form has or the position it occupies in a particular construction.
b. the grammatical roles or the positions of a linguistic form or form class collectively.
7. Sociology. the contribution made by a sociocultural phenomenon to an ongoing social system.
–verb (used without object)
8. to perform a specified action or activity; work; operate: The computer isn't functioning now. He rarely functions before noon.
9. to have or exercise a function; serve: In earlier English the present tense often functioned as a future. This orange crate can function as a chair.
Origin:
1525–35; < L functiōn- (s. of functiō) a performance, execution, equiv. to funct(us) (ptp. of fungī) performed, executed + -iōn- -ion
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trans·for·ma·tion   (trāns'fər-mā'shən, -fôr-)   
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

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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Language Translation for : transformation
Spanish: transformación,
German: die Umwandlung,
Japanese: 変形
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Main Entry: trans·for·ma·tion
Pronunciation: "tran(t)s-f&r-'mA-sh&n, -for-
Function: noun
1 : an act, process, orinstance of transforming or being transformed —see MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION
2 a : genetic modification of a bacterium by incorporation of free DNA from another ruptured bacterial cell —compare TRANSDUCTION2 b : genetic modification of a cell by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
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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   (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
program transformation

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