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transformation.

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

14 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌtɹæns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/US
  1. The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

    countable · uncountable
    undergo a radical transformation
  2. A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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
  4. A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.

    South-Africa · countable · uncountable
  7. A woman's wig.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.

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