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English noun: transformation | |||
| 1. | transformation (event) a qualitative change | ||
| Synonyms | shift, transmutation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, betterment, changeover, conversion, degeneration, improvement, population shift, pyrolysis, retrogression, sea change, strengthening, sublimation, tin disease, tin pest, tin plague, transition, weakening | ||
| 2. | transformation (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | affine transformation, reflection, rotation, translation | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
| 3. | transformation (communication) a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grammatical rule, rule of grammar | ||
| 4. | transformation (act) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of integrity | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 5. | transformation (act) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | ||
| Samples | A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface. | ||
| Synonyms | translation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alteration, metamorphosis, permutation, revision, transfiguration, transmogrification | ||
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