'Transformation' definitions:
Definition of 'transformation'
From: WordNet
noun
A qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation, shift]
noun
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
noun
A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
noun
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
noun
The act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" [syn: transformation, translation]
Definition of 'Transformation'
From: GCIDE
- 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: [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] (b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis. [1913 Webster] (c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation. [1913 Webster] (d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion. [1913 Webster] (e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transformation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- act drop,
- addition,
- alchemy,
- alteration,
- approximation,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- assimilation,
- assumption,
- avatar,
- backdrop,
- batten,
- becoming,
- border,
- catabolism,
- catalysis,
- change,
- change-over,
- changeover,
- cloth,
- consubstantiation,
- conversion,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- differentiation,
- displacement,
- division,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- equation,
- evolution,
- extrapolation,
- extremism,
- Fabianism,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flip-flop,
- flipper,
- gradualism,
- growth,
- hanging,
- heterotopia,
- integration,
- interpolation,
- inversion,
- involution,
- lapse,
- meliorism,
- metabolism,
- metagenesis,
- metamorphism,
- metamorphosis,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- modification,
- multiplication,
- mutant,
- mutated form,
- mutation,
- naturalization,
- notation,
- passage,
- permutation,
- practice,
- progress,
- progressivism,
- proportion,
- radical reform,
- radicalism,
- rag,
- re-formation,
- reconversion,
- reduction,
- reform,
- reformation,
- reformism,
- regeneration,
- reincarnation,
- resolution,
- reversal,
- revisionism,
- revolution,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- shift,
- side scene,
- sport,
- stage screw,
- subtraction,
- switch,
- switch-over,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- tormentor,
- transanimation,
- transfiguration,
- transfigurement,
- transformation scene,
- transformism,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmogrification,
- transmutation,
- transposition,
- transubstantiation,
- turning into,
- utopianism,
- volte-face,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut
Words containing 'Transformation'
- Transform,
- Transformable,
- Transformative,
- Transformed,
- Transformer,
- Transforming,
- Transformism,
- Linear transformation,
- Multiple transformer,
- Parallel transformer,
- Phasing transformer,
- Tesla transformer,
- affine transformation,
- cascade transformer,
- heat of transformation,
- transforming gene,
- step-down transformer,
- step-up transformer