Transformation vs Transform - What's the difference?
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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.
To change greatly the appearance or form of.
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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
* Bible, Romans xii. 2
(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
To undergo a transformation.
Transform is a related term of transformation.
In mathematics terms the difference between transformation and transform
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 transform is the result of a transformation.As nouns the difference between transformation and transform
is that transformation is the act of transforming or the state of being transformed while transform is the result of a transformation.As a verb transform is
to change greatly the appearance or form of.transformation
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(wikipedia transformation)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* metamorphosis * transmogrification * transmutation * transfigurationDerived terms
* transformationaltransform
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Verb
(en verb)- The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- Love may transform me to an oyster.
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- Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.