transformation
/ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ noun B1- The act of transforming or the state of being transformed. · undergo a radical transformation
- A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
- 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.
- A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
- The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
- The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.
Plural transformations
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The crime was depicted in the most vivid colors; the former life of the prisoner, his transformation, a review of his life from the earliest period, were set forth with all the talent that a knowledge of human life could furnish to a mind like that of the procureur.
He was now, as we have said, three-and-thirty years of age, and his fourteen years’ imprisonment had produced a great transformation in his appearance.
Five minutes had sufficed to make a complete transformation in his appearance.
Observing this gradual transformation allowed me to genuinely appreciate the sheer magnitude of the North American continent.
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