transformation

noun7

1. •
   The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
2. •
   A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
3. •
   The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
4. •
   (South-Africa) The transition from the apartheid era to a multiracial democracy in South Africa.
5. •
   The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
6. •
   A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
7. •
   (no longer used) A woman's wig.