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Transformation

noun

A qualitative change. Synonyms: shift, transmutation.

(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.

A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure.

(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA.

The act of changing in form or shape or appearance. Synonym: translation.

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"Transformation" Quotes from Famous Books

... curious, timid, admiring bride is merged in the wife, with ambition budding in her heart, and exacting pride pleading for recognition and wifely dignities, and in this transformation the power of the woman ...

— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

... of the Irish difficulty. We must look deeper, however, for the full interpretation of it; and outward circumstances never alone suffice to explain a moral transformation. The Roman military colonists remained Roman alike on the Rhine and on the Euphrates. The Turkish conquerors caught no infection from Greece, or from the provinces on the Danube. The Celts in England were absorbed by the Saxon invaders; and the Mogul and the Anglo-Indian ...

— History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. • James Anthony Froude

... I catch a glimpse of my new acquaintance. Neither does he come to call. This last fact surprises me a little, and disappoints me a good deal. Our walk at the Linnisches Bad in the gay lamplight, his character, his conversation, even his appearance, begin to undergo a transformation in my mind. After all, he was not really dark—not one of those black men, against whom Barbara and I have always lifted up our testimonies; by daylight, I think his eyes would have been hazel. He certainly ...

— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton

... a transformation scene. When the keeper began the sentence, the Coast Guard station had been a scene of peace and comfort with a group of men lounging around a hot fire, some reading, some playing dominoes and others ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... looked at her recovered friend, Kitty gradually realized an outward transformation in his appearance. He was dressed quietly in clothes of perfect fit made for him by Colin Whitford's tailor. From shoes to hat he was a New Yorker got up regardless of expense. But the warm smile, the strong, tanned face, ...

— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine

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