transform /trans-förmˈ, träns-/ transitive verb- To change the shape of
- To change esp radically or thoroughly to another form, appearance, substance or character
- To change the form of (an algebraic expression or geometrical figure) (mathematics)
- To change the voltage of (an alternating current) using a transformer
intransitive verb To be changed in form or substance noun /tränsˈ/ - An expression or figure derived from another (mathematics)
- Any of a group of linguistic constructions related in some way through the application of transformational rules
- (in digital computers) a process that alters the form of information without changing its meaning
ORIGIN: L trānsfōrmāre, from fōrma form transformˈable adjective transformāˈtion noun - The act of transforming
- A change of form, constitution or substance
- Metamorphosis (zoology)
- Transmutation
- (in full transformation scene) a sudden, dramatic change of scene, esp a scene on the stage that changes in presence of the audience or in which the characters of the pantomime were transformed into those of the harlequinade
- Change from one linguistic transform to another of the group
- (also transformational rule) any of a number of grammatical rules converting the deep structure of a sentence into its surface structure (linguistics)
- Reflection, rotation, translation or dilatation (geometry)
- The alteration of the bacterial or eukaryotic cell genotype following the uptake of purified DNA (biology)
- The alteration of cells in tissue-culture so that they behave like cancer cells (biology)
- A transformed person (Shakespeare)
- False hair, a wig (archaic)
transformāˈtional adjective transformāˈtionally adverb transformˈative adjective transformedˈ adjective transformˈer noun - Someone or something that transforms
- An apparatus for changing the voltage of an alternating electric current
transformˈing noun and adjective transformˈism noun The theory of the mutability of species, the theory of evolution transformˈist noun transformisˈtic adjective transformational grammar noun - A method of studying or describing a language by stating which elements or structures can be derived from or related to others by transformation
- A grammatical description that includes transformational rules
conformal transformation (mathematics) A change of shape that still preserves a one-to-one matching of points in the original surface with points in the new surface, as in map making |