transform

Transform is defined as to change something into something else.

(verb)

  1. An example of to transform is painting a room to change the feel of it.
  2. An example of to transform is a new hair cut changing a person's appearance.

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See transform in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to change the form or outward appearance of
  2. to change the condition, nature, or function of; convert
  3. to change the personality or character of
  4. Elec. to change (a voltage or current value) by use of a transformer
  5. Linguis. to change by means of a syntactic transformational rule
  6. Math. to change (an algebraic expression or equation) to a different form having the same value
  7. Physics to change (one form of energy) into another

Origin: ME transformen < L transformare < trans-, trans- + formare, to form < forma, form

intransitive verb

to become transformed

noun

Math. the process or result of a mathematical transformation

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See transform in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb trans·formed, trans·form·ing, trans·forms
verb, transitive
  1. To change markedly the appearance or form of: “A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons” (David Michael Kaplan).
  2. To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert. See Synonyms at convert.
  3. Mathematics To subject to a transformation.
  4. Electricity To subject to the action of a transformer.
  5. Genetics To subject (a cell) to transformation.
verb, intransitive
To undergo a transformation.
noun (trănsˈfôrmˌ)
The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English transformen

Origin: , from Old French transformer

Origin: , from Latin trānsfōrmāre

Origin: : trāns-, trans-

Origin: + fōrma, form

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Related Forms:

  • trans·formˈa·ble adjective

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