TRANSFORMATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
   Synonym(s)
   • translation (what does translation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface
   Hypernyms(s) transformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change of integrity (what does change of integrity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • permutation (what does permutation mean?)
   • revision (what does revision mean?)
   • alteration (what does alteration mean?)
   • transfiguration (what does transfiguration mean?)
   • transmogrification (what does transmogrification mean?)
   • metamorphosis (what does metamorphosis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • translate (what does translate mean?)
   • transform (what does transform mean?)
   • transform (what does transform mean?)
   • transmute (what does transmute mean?)
   • transubstantiate (what does transubstantiate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
   Hypernyms(s) transformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change of integrity (what does change of integrity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • transform (what does transform mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
   Hypernyms(s) transformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grammatical rule (what does grammatical rule mean?)
   • rule of grammar (what does rule of grammar mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a qualitative change
   Synonym(s)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • transmutation (what does transmutation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) transformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alteration (what does alteration mean?)
   • modification (what does modification mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • improvement (what does improvement mean?)
   • betterment (what does betterment mean?)
   • advance (what does advance mean?)
   • population shift (what does population shift mean?)
   • pyrolysis (what does pyrolysis mean?)
   • sea change (what does sea change mean?)
   • sublimation (what does sublimation mean?)
   • tin pest (what does tin pest mean?)
   • tin disease (what does tin disease mean?)
   • tin plague (what does tin plague mean?)
   • conversion (what does conversion mean?)
   • transition (what does transition mean?)
   • changeover (what does changeover mean?)
   • degeneration (what does degeneration mean?)
   • retrogression (what does retrogression mean?)
   • strengthening (what does strengthening mean?)
   • weakening (what does weakening mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
   • shift (what does shift mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
   Hypernyms(s) transformation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • function (what does function mean?)
   • mathematical function (what does mathematical function mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • reflection (what does reflection mean?)
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • translation (what does translation mean?)
   • affine transformation (what does affine transformation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • transform (what does transform mean?)