1. transformation(n = noun.event) shift, transmutation - a qualitative change; Array
is a kind of alteration, change, modification
has particulars: advance, betterment, improvement, population shift, pyrolysis, sea change, sublimation, tin disease, tin pest, tin plague, changeover, conversion, transition, degeneration, retrogression, strengthening, weakening
2. transformation(n = noun.linkdef) Array - (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system; Array
is a kind of function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function
has particulars: reflection, rotation, translation, affine transformation
Derived form verb transform1
3. transformation(n = noun.communication) Array - a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; Array
is a kind of grammatical rule, rule of grammar
4. transformation(n = noun.act) Array - (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; Array
is a kind of change of integrity
Derived form verb transform6
5. transformation(n = noun.act) translation - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
is a kind of change of integrity
has particulars: permutation, alteration, revision, transfiguration, transmogrification, metamorphosis
Derived form verb transform2
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. [1913 Webster]
transformation, n.
1 the act or an instance of transforming; the state of being transformed.
2 Zool. a change of form at metamorphosis, esp. of insects, amphibia, etc.
3 the induced or spontaneous change of one element into another.
4 Math. a change from one geometrical figure, expression, or function to another of the same value, magnitude, etc.
5 Biol. the modification of a eukaryotic cell from its normal state to a malignant state.
6 Linguistics a process, with reference to particular rules, by which one grammatical pattern of sentence structure can be converted into another, or the underlying meaning of a sentence can be converted into a statement of syntax.
7 archaic a woman's wig.
8 a sudden dramatic change of scene on stage.
Etymology:
ME f. OF transformation or LL transformatio (as TRANSFORM)
N change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution &c (sudden or radical change), inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation, changed, newfangled, changeable, transitional, modifiable, alterative, mutatis mutandis, Int, quantum mutatus!, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream, nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, still ending and beginning still, vox audita perit littera scripta manet.