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trans⋅form

  [v. trans-fawrm; n. trans-fawrm]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
2. to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
3. to change into another substance; transmute.
4. Electricity.
a. to increase or decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of an alternating-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
b. to decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of a direct-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
5. Mathematics. to change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value.
6. Physics. to change into another form of energy.
–verb (used without object)
7. to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.
–noun
8. Mathematics.
a. a mathematical quantity obtained from a given quantity by an algebraic, geometric, or functional transformation.
b. the transformation itself.
9. the result of a transformation.
10. a transformation.
11. Logic. transformation (def. 5).
12. Linguistics. a structure derived by a transformation.
Origin:
1300–50; ME transformen < L trānsfōrmāre to change in shape. See trans-, form

Related forms:
trans⋅form⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅form⋅a⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
1. transfigure. Transform, convert mean to change one thing into another. Transform suggests changing from one form, appearance, structure, or type to another: to transform soybeans into oil and meal by pressure. Convert suggests so changing the characteristics as to change the use or purpose: to convert a barn into a house.
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

transform 
c.1340, from O.Fr. transformer, from L. transformare "change the shape or form of," from trans- "across" + formare "to form" (see form). Transformer "device to reduce electrical currents" is first recorded 1883, from Fr. transformateur (1882).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·form
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fo(&)rm
Function: transitive verb
: to cause to change: as a : to change (acurrent) in potential (as from high voltage to low) or in type (as from alternating to direct) b : to cause (a cell) to undergo genetic transformation transform intransitivesenses
: to become transformed
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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