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transform

[ verb trans-fawrm; noun trans-fawrm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.

    Synonyms: transfigure

  2. to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
  3. to change into another substance; transmute.
  4. Electricity.
    1. to increase or decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of an alternating-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
    2. to decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of a direct-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
  5. Mathematics. to change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value.
  6. Physics. to change into another form of energy.


verb (used without object)

  1. to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.

noun

  1. Mathematics.
    1. a mathematical quantity obtained from a given quantity by an algebraic, geometric, or functional transformation.
    2. the transformation itself.
  2. the result of a transformation.
  3. a transformation.
  4. Linguistics. a structure derived by a transformation.

transform

verb

  1. to alter or be altered radically in form, function, etc
  2. tr to convert (one form of energy) to another form
  3. tr maths to change the form of (an equation, expression, etc) by a mathematical transformation
  4. tr to increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) using a transformer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. maths the result of a mathematical transformation, esp (of a matrix or an element of a group) another related to the given one by B = X –1AX for some appropriate X
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • transˈformable, adjective
  • transˈformative, adjective
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Other Words From

  • trans·form·a·ble adjective
  • trans·form·a·tive adjective
  • in·ter·trans·form·a·ble adjective
  • non·trans·form·ing adjective
  • re·trans·form verb (used with object)
  • self-trans·formed adjective
  • un·trans·form·a·ble adjective
  • un·trans·formed adjective
  • un·trans·form·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transform1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English transformen, from Latin trānsfōrmāre “to change in shape”; trans-, form
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transform1

C14: from Latin transformāre , from trans- + formāre to form
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Synonym Study

Transform , convert mean to change one thing into another. Transform suggests changing from one form, appearance, structure, or type to another: to transform soybeans into oil and meal by pressure. Convert suggests so changing the characteristics as to change the use or purpose: to convert a barn into a house.
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Example Sentences

Then, we can decode its main frequencies using the mathematical wizardry of the Fourier transform.

The number of people messing with Texas will mean that Texas will transform into a place like other places.

And of those who transform themselves into masters and believe themselves superior to others, rather than at their service.

The end of the embargo and resumption of diplomatic relations with Cuba could transform Major League Baseball.

Phil Hoffman had to transform himself into Truman Capote while Julia Roberts won for being brassy in Erin Brockovich.

The “stretched” cabins in new 737s and A320s transform their economics.

He made me think of an old time magician more than anything, and I felt that with a touch of his wand he could transform us all.

I begin reading it through: to diminish popular respect for government servants and to transform them.

I'll dream over it tonight, so in the morning I shall have made up my79 mind how to transform you.

Nothing I transform ever gets back to its former shape again, so these fish-balls can never more be pebbles.

She could kill with a glance, turn the course of rivers, and transform herself into any form at will.

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