transformation

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PronunciationEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin transformatio.

NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

transformational

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

act of transforming

Arabic: تَحَوُّل m ‎(taḥawwul)
Asturian: tresformación f
Catalan: transformació (ca) f
Czech: proměna f
Dutch: transformatie (nl) f
Esperanto: transformado
Estonian: teisendus
Finnish: muutos (fi)
French: transformation (fr) f
Galician: transformación (gl) f
Georgian: გარდაქმნა ‎(gardakmna), ტრანსფორმაცია ‎(ṭranspormacia)
German: Transformation (de) f

Greek: μετασχηματισμός (el) m ‎(metaschimatismós)
Latin: mutatio (la) f
Persian: تحول (fa) ‎(tahawol)
Polish: przekształcenie (pl) n
Portuguese: transformação (pt) f
Romanian: transformare (ro) f
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) n ‎(preobrazovánije), трансформа́ция (ru) f ‎(transformácija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: preobraženje (sh) n
Spanish: transformación (es) f
Turkish: dönüşüm (tr)

state of being transformed

Finnish: muutostila
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) n ‎(preobrazovánije), трансформа́ция (ru) f ‎(transformácija)

marked change in appearance or character

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

Romanian: transformare (ro) f
Russian: преображе́ние (ru) n ‎(preobražénije)

mathematical term

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

Greek: μετασχηματισμός (el) m ‎(metaschimatismós)
Polish: przekształcenie (pl) n
Romanian: transformare (ro) f, transformări f pl
Russian: преобразова́ние (ru) n ‎(preobrazovánije)

linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another

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

Greek: μετασχηματισμός (el) m ‎(metaschimatismós)
Russian: трансформа́ция (ru) f ‎(transformácija)

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

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

Romanian: mutație (ro) f, mutare (ro) f
Russian: трансформа́ция (ru) f ‎(transformácija)
Turkish: başkalaşım (tr)

South Africa: ideologically driven government policy

Russian: перестро́йка (ru) f ‎(perestrójka)

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