transformation

noun

1. 1

   The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

2. 2

   A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.

3. 3

   The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.

4. 4

   A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.

5. 5

   The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.

6. 6

   Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.