Transformation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transformation	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Transformation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transformation n a qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation, shift] (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" Synonym(s): transformation, translation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transformation \Trans`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. transformatio: cf. transformation.] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: (a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See {Metamorphosis}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
transformation {program transformation}