transformation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ˌtɹæns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
- /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
Over the past two centuries, the railway has become a force of economic and social transformation connecting towns and cities, carrying ideas and ambitions. One place to experience this change was Swindon. With the arrival of Brunel's Great Western Railway, Swindon began a remarkable transformation as what had been a modest market town quickly became a centre of industrial activity.
2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:undergo a radical transformation
“This material has a specific hardness and is chemically very stable. It forms naturally from calcium alone, but bacteria accelerate the transformation into calcium carbonate,” explains Alejandro Montesinos, head of the Decarbonization, Climate Change, and Circular Economy Research Group at Tec de Monterrey and a member of the Institute of Advanced Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing.
2024 August 6, Ricardo Treviño, “Self-Healing Concrete Help Buildings Seal Themselves”, in TecScience, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2025:
- (countable, uncountable) A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
- (countable, uncountable) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
- (South-Africa, countable, uncountable) The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A woman's wig.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| transformations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cotransformation · phytotransformation · mansformation · Hjelmslev transformation · cryotransformation · heat of transformation · Cartesian natural transformation · transformationism · transformation matrix · autotransformation · Bogoliubov transformation · Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation · transformationist · affine transformation · electrotransformation · Tschirnhaus transformation · Lorentz transformation · Holstein-Primakoff transformation · Legendre transformation · natural transformation · Möbius transformation · backtransformation · agro-transformation · Landen's transformation · supertransformation · biotransformation · linear transformation · intertransformation · transformational · transduction · Helmert transformation · digital transformation · Tseytin transformation · transfurmation · detransformation · Hosaka-Cohen transformation · Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation · neurotransformation · mistransformation · Tschirnhausen transformation · retransformation · phototransformation
Relateds
Synonyms
transmutation · transfigurement · transmutation · transmogrification · transfiguration · metamorphosis · sea change · development · conversion · transfiguration · transformation · metamorphosis · transmogrification
Translations (113)
ro transformare (act of transforming) · mi panonitanga (mathematical term) · sv omvandling (act of transforming) · uk перетво́рення (act of transforming) · eo transformiĝo (marked change in appearance or character) · ast tresformación (act of transforming) · ja 変換 (act of transforming) · es transformación (act of transforming) · fi muutos (marked change in appearance or character) · pl przemiana (marked change in appearance or character) · gl transformación (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · id transformasi (act of transforming) · ru трансформа́ция (state of being transformed) · pl transformacja (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · sk premena (act of transforming) · af omvorming (act of transforming) · fy omfoarming (act of transforming) · ro mutație (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · ar تَحَوُّل (act of transforming) · pl transformacja (state of being transformed) · cmn 轉型 /转型 (state of being transformed) · el μετασχηματισμός (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · de Umformung (act of transforming) · fr transformation (act of transforming) · bg преобразване (marked change in appearance or character) · ca transformació (mathematical term) · ru перестро́йка (South Africa: ideologically driven government policy) · sh преображе́ње (act of transforming) · be трансфарма́цыя (act of transforming) · et teisendus (act of transforming) · ja 変換 (state of being transformed) · ru преобразова́ние (mathematical term) · ru трансформа́ция (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · fr transformation (mathematical term) · cmn 轉變 /转变 (state of being transformed) · fi muunnos (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · cs proměna (act of transforming) · la mūtātiō (act of transforming) · ca transformació (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · eo aliformiĝo (marked change in appearance or character) · bg трансформа́ция (act of transforming) · bg трансформа́ция (state of being transformed) · ja 変形 (act of transforming) · ru преображе́ние (marked change in appearance or character) · id transformasi (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · tg таҳаввул (act of transforming) · gl transformación (act of transforming) · tl pagsasaanyo (act of transforming) · ko 변형 (act of transforming) · ka გარდაქმნა (act of transforming) · ka ტრანსფორმაცია (act of transforming) · eo transformo (mathematical term) · gl transformación (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · ru трансформа́ция (act of transforming) · tr başkalaşım (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · fi muutostila (state of being transformed) · mi panonitanga (act of transforming) · eo aliiĝo (marked change in appearance or character) · el μετασχηματισμός (mathematical term) · pl transformacja (act of transforming) · pl przekształcenie (act of transforming) · fa تحول (act of transforming) · de Transformation (act of transforming) · pl przekształcenie (mathematical term) · hu alakulás (state of being transformed) · fy transformaasje (act of transforming) · ja 変形 (state of being transformed) · de Verwandlung (act of transforming) · hu alakítás (act of transforming) · eo transformiĝo (act of transforming) · ro transformări (mathematical term) · fi muutos (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · hu átalakulás (state of being transformed) · af transformasie (act of transforming) · af vervorming (act of transforming) · be ператварэ́нне (act of transforming) · fi muunnos (mathematical term) · ro mutare (genetics: alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA) · cmn 轉變 /转变 (act of transforming) · nl transformatie (act of transforming) · ro transformare (marked change in appearance or character) · pl przeobrażenie (marked change in appearance or character) · bg трансформа́ция (mathematical term) · ru трансформа́ция (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · pl transformacja (mathematical term) · eo ŝanĝo (act of transforming) · uk трансформа́ція (act of transforming) · pt transformação (act of transforming) · bg преобразу́ване (act of transforming) · hi रूपांतरण (mathematical term) · mi panonitanga (state of being transformed) · sv transformation (act of transforming) · nl omvorming (act of transforming) · be пераўтварэ́нне (act of transforming) · nb omdanning (act of transforming) · fi muutos (act of transforming) · cmn 轉型 /转型 (act of transforming) · sv transformering (act of transforming) · gl transformación (mathematical term) · hu transzformáció (linguistics: rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another) · nn omdanning (act of transforming) · pl przemiana (act of transforming) · ca transformació (act of transforming) · el μετασχηματισμός (act of transforming) · ko 변환 (act of transforming) · mi panonitanga (marked change in appearance or character) · eo transformado (act of transforming) · tl pagtatransporma (act of transforming) · sh preobražénje (act of transforming) · ru преобразова́ние (state of being transformed) · ro transformare (mathematical term) · hu átalakítás (act of transforming) · ru преобразова́ние (act of transforming)