TRANSFORMATION


Meaning of TRANSFORMATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtran(t)s-fər-ˈmā-shən, -fȯr- ]

noun

Date: 15th century

1. : an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed

2. : false hair worn especially by a woman to replace or supplement natural hair

3.

a.

(1) : the operation of changing (as by rotation or mapping) one configuration or expression into another in accordance with a mathematical rule ; especially : a change of variables or coordinates in which a function of new variables or coordinates is substituted for each original variable or coordinate

(2) : the formula that effects a transformation

b. : function 5a

c. : an operation that converts (as by insertion, deletion, or permutation) one grammatical string (as a sentence) into another ; also : a formal statement of such an operation

4. : genetic modification of a bacterium by incorporation of free DNA from another bacterial cell ; also : genetic modification of a cell by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.