transformation

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(US) IPA: /tɹæns.fɔɹ.meɪ.ʃən/
(UK) IPA: /tɹæns.fə(ɹ).meɪ.ʃən/
Hyphenation: trans‧for‧ma‧tion
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Etymology

transform + -at(e) + -ion

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Noun

transformation (plural transformations)

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
(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.
(linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
(genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
(politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.

Synonyms

Derived terms

transformational

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Translations

act of transforming

Arabic: تحول (ar) (taḩawa) f
Asturian: tresformación (ast) f
Catalan: transformació (ca) f
Czech: proměna (cs) f
Dutch: transformatie (nl) f
Esperanto: transformado (eo)
Estonian: teisendus (et)
Finnish: muutos (fi)
French: transformation (fr) f
Galician: transformación (gl) f
German: Transformation (de) f

Latin: mutatio (la) f
Persian: تحول (fa) (tahawol)
Polish: przekształcenie n
Portuguese: transformação (pt) f
Romanian: transformare (ro) f
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) (preobrazováinje) n, трансформа́ция (ru) (transformácija) n
Serbo-Croatian: preobraženje (sh) n
Spanish: transformación (es) f

state of being transformed

Finnish: muutostila (fi)
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) (preobrazováinje) n, трансформа́ция (ru) (transformácija) n

marked change in appearance or character

Finnish: muutos (fi)
Polish: przemiana f, przeobrażenie n

Russian: преображе́ние (ru) (preobražéinje) n

mathematics

Catalan: transformació (ca) f
Finnish: muunnos (fi)
French: transformation (fr) f
Galician: transformación (gl) f

Polish: przekształcenie n
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) (preobrazováinje) n

linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another

Catalan: transformació (ca) f
Finnish: muunnos (fi)

Galician: transformación (gl) f
Russian: трансформа́ция (ru) (transformácija) n

genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA

Finnish: muutos (fi)
Galician: transformación (gl) f

Russian: трансформа́ция (ru) (transformácija) n

South Africa: ideologically driven government policy

Russian: перестройка (ru) (perestroyka) f

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