transformation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
2. (countable, uncountable) A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
5. (countable, uncountable) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
6. (South-Africa, countable, uncountable) The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.

Synonyms

change

metamorphosis

alteration

conversion

transmutation

modification

translation

reform

changes

transition

shift

transfiguration

transform

evolution

deformation

mutation

innovation

permutation

rebuild

development

transmogrification

recreation

transposition

variation

about-face

amendment

change of form

distorted

distortion

fabrication

go bad

inversion

makeover

metabolism

metamorphism

modulation

monster

morph

processing

reconstruct

redo

refashioning

regeneration

reincarnation

remake

remodel

remodeling

renewal

reorganization

restructuring

Translations

transformation

transformación

Transformation

transformação

trasformazione

μετασχηματισμός

transformació

transformatie

Umwandlung

métamorphose

Verwandlung

changement

Metamorphose

verandering

kentering

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.