transformation

Definitions of transformation in various dictionaries:

noun - a qualitative change

noun - (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

noun - a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

noun - (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

noun - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

The act or an instance of transforming.

The state of being transformed.

A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.

Mathematics.

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.

Linguistics.

The process of converting a syntactic construction into a semantically equivalent construction according to the rules shown to generate the syntax of the language.

A construction derived by such transformation; a transform.

Alteration of a bacterial cell by introduction of DNA from another cell or from a virus.