TidyData WordsBrowse A–Z

transformation

/tɹˌænsfɚmˈeɪʃən/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. a qualitative change
  2. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
  3. a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
  4. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
  5. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
    “a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface”

Synonyms for transformation

Words that rhyme with transformation

Developers: get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and pronunciation for 147,000 words as JSON with the English Dictionary API (free trial).