TRANSFORMATION

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