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    trans·for·ma·tion
    [ˌtran(t)sfərˈmāSHən]
    noun
    transformation (noun) · transformations (plural noun)
    1. a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance:
      "its landscape has undergone a radical transformation"
      • a metamorphosis during the life cycle of an animal.
      • physics
        the induced or spontaneous change of one element into another by a nuclear process.
      • mathematics
        logic
        a process by which one figure, expression, or function is converted into another that is equivalent in some important respect but is differently expressed or represented.
      • linguistics
        a process by which an element in the underlying deep structure of a sentence is converted to an element in the surface structure.
      • biology
        the genetic alteration of a cell by introduction of extraneous DNA, especially by a plasmid.
      • biology
        the heritable modification of a cell from its normal state to a malignant state.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin transformatio(n-), from the verb transformare (see transform).
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    noun
    1. a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance:
      change
      alteration
      modification
      variation
      conversion
      revision
      amendment
      metamorphosis
      transfiguration
      evolution
      mutation
      sea change
      remodeling
      reshaping
      remolding
      redoing
      reconstruction
      rebuilding
      recasting
      reorganization
      rearrangement
      reordering
      reshuffling
      restyling
      rejigging
      reworking
      renewal
      renewing
      revamping
      renovation
      overhaul
      remaking
      revolutionizing
      revolution
      transmutation
      transmogrification
      Opposite:
      preservation
      conservation
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