transformation
The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
Example
“undergo a radical transformation”
Other meanings
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.
Synonyms
- shift
Related words
- intertransformation
- Hjelmslev transformation
- transformational
- affine transformation
- agro-transformation
- digital transformation
- Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation
- Helmert transformation
- Hosaka-Cohen transformation
- Legendre transformation
- linear transformation
- natural transformation
Word history
From Middle English "transformacioun".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “transformation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.