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transformer.

Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɹænsˈfɔːmə/Received-Pronunciation/tɹɑːns-/Received-Pronunciation/tɹænsˈfoɹməɹ/General-American
  1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.

  2. A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

  3. A neural network architecture composed of layers of attention which takes sequences of tokens (representing text, images, audio, or other modalities) as input.

  4. Alternative letter-case form of Transformer.

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  5. A transgender person.

    derogatory · humorous · offensive · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin transformo Old French transformer Middle French transfourmerbor. Middle English transformen English transform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transformer From transform + -er.

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