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Transformation vs Cogredient - What's the difference?

transformation | cogredient |

In mathematics terms the difference between transformation and cogredient

is that transformation is 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 while cogredient is describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations.

As a noun transformation

is the act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

As an adjective cogredient is

describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations.

transformation

English

(wikipedia transformation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
  • A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
  • (mathematics) 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.
  • (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
  • (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
  • (politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.

    • Synonyms

    * metamorphosis * transmogrification * transmutation * transfiguration

    Derived terms

    * transformational

    Related terms

    * transform * Lorentz transformation

    cogredient

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations