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transformation

/ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

  • A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.

  • 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.

  • A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.

  • The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.

  • Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.

Synonyms

metamorphosis,
transfiguration,
transmogrification,
transmutation