1. Noun
The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.
2. Noun
Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.
3. Noun
Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.
4. Noun
The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
5. Noun
A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.
6. Noun
The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.
7. noun
A major change in how an organisation works and delivers results.
A substantial and coordinated change in how an organisation operates or creates value.
8. Noun
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics
9. Noun
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
Vocabulary classified under Biology
10. Noun
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"
Vocabulary classified under Word origins
11. Noun
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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