transformation
transform
+
-ation
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noun
a
thorough
or
dramatic
change
in
form
or
appearance
:
変質, 変化, 変身; 変圧
e.g.
its landscape has undergone a radical transformation.
a
metamorphosis
during the
life cycle
of an
animal
.
(昆虫などの)変態
Physics
the
induced
or
spontaneous
change
of one
element
into another by a
nuclear
process
.
変換
Mathematics
&
Logic
a
process
by which one
figure
,
expression
, or
function
is
convert
ed into another that is equivalent in some important respect but is
differently
express
ed or
represent
ed.
変形
Linguistics
a
process
by which an
element
in the
underlying
deep
structure
of a
sentence
is
converted
to an
element
in the
surface
structure
.
Biology
the
genetic
alteration
of a
cell
by
introduction
of
extraneous
DNA
, especially by a
plasmid
.
Biology
the
heritable
modification
of a
cell
from
its
normal
state
to a
malignant
state
.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
: from
Old French
, or from late
Latin
transformatio(n-)
, from the verb
transformare
(see
transform
).