Transformation

  • 21transformation — [trans΄fər mā′shən, trans΄fôrmā′shən] n. [LL(Ec) transformatio] 1. a transforming or being transformed 2. Now Rare a woman s wig ☆ 3. Linguis. a) the process of changing, by the application of certain syntactic rules, an abstract underlying… …

    English World dictionary

  • 22transformation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amazing, complete, dramatic, fundamental, magical, major, miraculous, profound, radical, remarkable, revolutionary …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 23transformation — n. radical change 1) to undergo a transformation 2) a complete, radical, total transformation transformational rule (ling.) 3) to formulate a transformation 4) to apply a transformation 5) to order transformations 6) a dative movement, indirect… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24Transformation — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Transformation », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Transformation est employé dans… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 25Transformation — Gestaltswandel; Wandlung; Verwandlung; Metamorphose (fachsprachlich); Umgestaltung; Umwandlung; Verwandlungsprozess; Überführung; Abbildung * * * Trans|for|ma|ti|on 〈f …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 26transformation — transformational, adj. /trans feuhr may sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of transforming. 2. the state of being transformed. 3. change in form, appearance, nature, or character. 4. Theat. a seemingly miraculous change in the appearance of… …

    Universalium

  • 27transformation — trans|for|ma|tion [ ,trænsfər meıʃn ] noun count ** a complete change into something or someone very different, or the process during which this happens: transformation of: Nixon s visit led to a transformation of American attitudes toward China …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28transformation */*/ — UK [ˌtrænsfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌtrænsfərˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms transformation : singular transformation plural transformations a change into someone or something completely different, or the process by which this happens… …

    English dictionary

  • 29TRANSFORMATION — n. f. Changement d’une forme en une autre, métamorphose. La transformation des insectes. La transformation d’une chenille en papillon. Par exagération, Cet enfant si chétif est devenu vigoureux, c’est une véritable transformation. En termes… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 30transformation — Any alteration in the properties of a cell that is stably inherited by its progeny. Classical example was the transformation of Diplococcus pneumoniae to virulence by DNA, achieved in 1944 by Avery, MacLeod & McCarty. Currently usually refers to… …

    Dictionary of molecular biology