Added 8 October 2026
transformation
/ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən/ noun
In Latin: mūtātiō Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about transformation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A qualitative change.
- (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
- A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English transformacioun, from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiō. Morphologically transform + -ation.
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