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transform

trans·form

UK/ˈtɹænsfɔːm/ US/ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/ fairly common

verb

1.
2.

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”
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3.

change in outward structure or looks

  • “He transformed into a monster”
  • “The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle”
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4.

change from one form or medium into another

  • “Braque translated collage into oil”
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5.

convert (one form of energy) to another

  • “transform energy to light”
6.

change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species

7.

Origin

From Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).

Phrases

  • black top-hat transform
  • Borel transform
  • bottom-hat transform
  • Box-Muller transform
  • Burrows-Wheeler transform
  • continuous wavelet transform
  • discrete Fourier transform
  • discrete transform

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