About The Word Transform
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Transform
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What's The Definition Of Transform?
[v] change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[v] physics: increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) [v] biology: change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species [v] physics: convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light" [v] change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" [v] change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [v] subject to a mathematical transformation Synonyms | Synonyms for Transform: metamorphose | translate | transmute | transubstantiate Related Terms | Find terms related to Transform: See Also | alter | aurify | become | change | destalinise | destalinize | diagonalise | diagonalize | metricise | metricize | prepare | process | sorcerise | sorcerize | stalinise | stalinize | turn | work | work on Transform In Webster's Dictionary \Trans*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transformed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transforming}.] [L. transformare,
transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F.
transformer. See {Form}, v. t.]
1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance;
to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately
transformed into a butterfly.
Love may transform me to an oyster. --Shak.
2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the
alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the
like; to convert.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
--Rom. xii. 2.
4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or
geometrical figure, into another from without altering its
value.
\Trans*form"\, v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. --Addison. |
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