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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transformation \Trans`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. transformatio: cf transformation.] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: a (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See {Metamorphosis}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transformation n 1: a qualitative change [syn: {transmutation}, {shift}] 2: a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system 3: the act of transforming; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" [syn: {translation}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: transformation {program transformation}
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