Transformation

Noun

 * 1) the act of transforming or the state of being transformed
 * 2) a marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better
 * 3)  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
 * 4)  a rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule
 * 5)  the alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic
 * 6)  ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink

Synonyms

 * metamorphosis
 * transmogrification

Related terms

 * transform
 * Lorentz transformation

Adjectives for Transformation
magical; striking; bucolic; epic; weird; successive (pi); solemn; tremendous; ingenious; unique; supernatural; topographical.

Verbs for Transformation
achieve—; analyze—; condone—; discern —; facilitate—; undergo—; —accentuates; —alters; —deviates; —innovates; —introduces; —modifies; —modulates; —revamps; —swerves from.

Thesaurus
Fabianism, 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, 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

Etymology
transform + -at(e) + -ion

Translations

 * Arabic: تحول
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: transformatie
 * Esperanto: transformado
 * Estonian: teisendus
 * German: Transformation


 * Persian: تحول
 * Romanian: transformare
 * Serbo-Croatian: preobraženje
 * Spanish:


 * Kabuverdianu:
 * Santiago/Badiu: transformason
 * Catalan: transformació
 * Chinese: 变换
 * Czech: transformace
 * Danish: transformation
 * Dutch: transformatie, omvorming , vervorming
 * Esperanto: ŝanĝo, aliformigo, aliformiĝo
 * Finnish: muunnos
 * French: transformation
 * Galician: transformación
 * German: Transformation
 * Greek: μετασχηματισμός (metaskhimatismόs)
 * Indonesian: Transformasi
 * Italian: trasformazione


 * Japanese: 変態 (へんたい, hentai)
 * Korean: 변태 (變態 byeontae)
 * Latin: transformatio
 * Polish: transformacja
 * Portuguese: transformação
 * Russian: преобразования (preobrazovainja)
 * Slovak: transformácia
 * Slovene: transformacija
 * Swedish: transformation

Noun

 * 1) transformation

Related terms

 * transformer

Noun

 * 1) transformation