transformation
noun
[ ˌtransfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a marked change in form, nature, or appearance.
• "British society underwent a radical transformation"
Similar:
change,
alteration,
modification,
variation,
conversion,
revision,
amendment,
metamorphosis,
transfiguration,
evolution,
mutation,
sea change,
remodelling,
reshaping,
remoulding,
redoing,
reconstruction,
rebuilding,
recasting,
reorganization,
rearrangement,
reordering,
reshuffling,
restyling,
rejigging,
reworking,
renewal,
renewing,
revamping,
renovation,
overhaul,
remaking,
revolutionizing,
revolution,
transmutation,
transmogrification,
• a process by which one figure, expression, or function is converted into another one of similar value.
• a process by which an element in the underlying logical deep structure of a sentence is converted to an element in the surface structure.
• the genetic alteration of a cell by introduction of extraneous DNA, especially by a plasmid.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin transformatio(n- ), from the verb transformare (see transform).
