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Definition of Transformation

1. Noun. A qualitative change.

2. Noun. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.

3. Noun. A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure.

4. Noun. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA.

5. Noun. The act of changing in form or shape or appearance. "A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

Definition of Transformation

1. n. The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

Definition of Transformation

1. Noun. The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. ¹

2. Noun. A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better. ¹

3. Noun. (mathematics) 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. ¹

4. Noun. (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule. ¹

5. Noun. (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic. ¹

6. Noun. (politics South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transformation

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Medical Definition of Transformation

1. The change of form or structure, conversion from one form to another. The change that a normal cell undergoes as it becomes malignant. In eukaryotes, the conversion of normal cells to malignant cells in cell culture. Origin: L. Formatio = formation This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transformation

transfluence transfluences transfluent transfluorescence transfluthrin transfluvial transflux transfluxes transform transform fault

transformability transformable transformant transformants transformasome transformation transformation constant transformation efficiency transformation zone transformational

transformational rules transformationally transformations transformative transformatively transformed transformed cell transformed lymphocyte transformer transformerless

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