transformation

Pronunciation: /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a qualitative change
  2. noun (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
  3. noun a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.

In classic literature

Synonyms

transmutation, shift

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
change
Narrower (hyponyms)
population shift, weakening, sublimation, conversion, pyrolysis, strengthening

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