transform
transform Lexical Profile
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• verb
To make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, outward appearance, character, or function of someone or something, or to undergo such a change.
"The new community garden helped transform the vacant lot into a vibrant neighborhood gathering space."
To convert an alternating electric current into one of a different voltage, or to change one form of physical energy into another.
"Solar panels are designed to transform sunlight directly into usable electrical energy."
To alter the genetic makeup of a cell or microorganism by introducing exogenous DNA, or to cause a normal cell to become malignant.
"The researchers used a plasmid vector to transform the bacterial cells in the laboratory."
• noun
A mathematical quantity, function, or expression obtained from another by a specified algebraic or integral operation, or the operation itself.
"The engineer applied a Fourier transform to analyze the frequency components of the audio signal."
In generative linguistics, a grammatical structure or sentence derived from a deep structure by applying a set of transformational rules.
"In syntactic theory, a passive sentence can be analyzed as a transform of its active counterpart."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French transformer, from Latin transformare ('to change in shape or metamorphose'), composed of trans- ('across, beyond') and formare ('to form'), from forma ('shape, figure').