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Transformation vs Reuse - What's the difference?

transformation | reuse |

As a noun transformation

is .

As a verb reuse is

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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

    reuse

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-use

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  • (computing) code re-use'' indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. ''data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.
  • Verb

    (reus)
  • To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
  • The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.

    Derived terms

    * reuser

    Anagrams

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