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TRANSFORMATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of changing in form or shape or appearance
Example:
a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transformation" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transformation"):
permutation (complete change in character or condition)
alteration; revision (the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification))
transfiguration (the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify)
transmogrification (the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one))
metamorphosis (a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft)
Derivation:
transform (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transformation" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Derivation:
transform (change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("transformation" is a kind of...):
grammatical rule; rule of grammar (a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A qualitative change
Synonyms:
shift; transformation; transmutation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("transformation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transformation"):
weakening (becoming weaker)
strengthening (becoming stronger)
degeneration; retrogression (passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form)
changeover; conversion; transition (an event that results in a transformation)
tin disease; tin pest; tin plague (the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures)
sublimation ((chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid)
sea change (a profound transformation)
pyrolysis (transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat)
population shift (a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population)
advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("transformation" is a kind of...):
function; map; mapping; mathematical function; single-valued function ((mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function))
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transformation"):
reflection ((mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed)
rotation ((mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin)
translation ((mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same)
affine transformation ((mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis)
Derivation:
transform (subject to a mathematical transformation)
Context examples:
A and B homodimers are implicated in transformation.
(Oncogene SIS, NCI Thesaurus)
There was no mirror, at that date, in my room; that which stands beside me as I write, was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
E1A reprograms gene expression and other processes, which leads to transformation.
(Oncogene E1A, NCI Thesaurus)
The prognosis is good and transformation to acute leukemia is rare.
(Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Isolated del(5q), NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Rare cases of transformation to malignant mesothelioma have also been described.
(Multicystic Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Cytogenetic aberrations in the gene are involved in cellular transformation and are associated with a variety of hematopoietic tumors, leukemias and lymphomas.
(MYC Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Considering how this transformation happens is an important part of estimating how much plastic is in the environment, Ward adds.
(Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected, National Science Foundation)
An agent that inhibits the transformation of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol and also inhibits sterol absorption.
(Boxidine, NCI Thesaurus)
The findings suggest that significant transformations of Antarctic ecosystems are underway now and will continue to be affected by future climate events.
(Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, National Science Foundation)
But he had little time to marvel at the transformation.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
