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Transformation   /trˌænsfərmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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Transformation  n.  The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically:
(a)
(Biol.) 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.
(b)
(Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.
(c)
(Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
(d)
(Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.
(e)
(Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.






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"Transformation" Quotes from Famous Books



... for so sudden a transformation, but her surprise lasted only a minute. Gallantly she gathered all her strength and made a dash for ...
— The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island - Or, A Cave and What It Contained • Laura Lee Hope

... Shortage of Things The Shortage of Men The Communist Dictatorship A Conference at Jaroslavl The Trade Unions The Propaganda Trains Saturdayings Industrial Conscription What the Communists Are Trying to do in Russia Rykov on Economic plans and on the Transformation of the ...
— The Crisis in Russia - 1920 • Arthur Ransome

... The thought of the Rachel he knew—mysterious, fugitive, neurasthenic—established normally across a breakfast table, smiling a normal good-bye at him with her arms normally about his neck, was a contrast that sharpened his desire. It offered a transformation that would be a victory not only for his love but for the shining, militant platitudes behind which Rachel had correctly pointed ...
— Erik Dorn • Ben Hecht

... four of us when we're in a gay mood. That's an old piano. It takes up a lot of room, but there's still a good deal of thumping to be got out of it. As yet the place is quite bare, but all next week I'm going to hunt up odd things in back streets, and when you come again you'll be astonished at the transformation. All that mess there covered up in the corner—well, you can guess what ...
— Cleo The Magnificent - The Muse of the Real • Louis Zangwill

... the 19th centuries and by Russia from 1809, Finland finally won its independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and fend off invasions by the Soviet Union and Germany. In the subsequent half century, the Finns have made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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