Main entry: transformation, translation
Definition: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
Usage: a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface
Main entry: transformation
Definition: (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
Main entry: transformation
Definition: a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
Main entry: shift, transformation, transmutation
Definition: a qualitative change
Main entry: transformation
Definition: (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system