transform

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French transformer.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (UK): enPR: trănzfôm' or enPR: tränzfôm', (US): enPR: trănzfôrm'
    • (UK): IPA: /trænzˈfɔːm/ or IPA: /trɑːnzˈfɔːm/
    • (UK): SAMPA: /tr{nz"fO:m/ or SAMPA: /trA:nz"fO:m/
  • Noun:
    • (UK): enPR: trănz'fôm or enPR: tränz'fôm, (US): enPR: trănz'fôrm
    • (UK): IPA: /ˈtrænzfɔːm/ or IPA: /ˈtrɑːnzfɔːm/
    • (UK): SAMPA: /"tr{nzfO:m/ or SAMPA: /"trA:nzfO:m/
  •  Audio (US)help, file

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to transform

Third person singular
transforms

Simple past
transformed

Past participle
transformed

Present participle
transforming

to transform (third-person singular simple present transforms, present participle transforming, simple past and past participle transformed)

  1. (transitive) to change greatly the appearance or form of
  2. (transitive) to change the nature, condition or function of
  3. (transitive) (mathematics) to subject to a transformation
  4. (transitive) (electricity) to subject to the action of a transformer
  5. (transitive) (genetics) to subject (a cell) to transformation
  6. (intransitive) to undergo a transformation

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

change greatly the appearance or form of
change the nature, condition or function of
in mathematics: subject to a transformation
in electricity: subject to the action of a transformer
in genetics: subject (a cell) to transformation
undergo a transformation

[edit] Noun

Singular
transform

Plural
transforms

transform (plural transforms)

  1. (mathematics) the result of a transformation

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

in mathematics

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ transˈform ]

[edit] Verb

transform

  1. first-person singular present tense form of transforma.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of transforma.
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