Transform (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)
  1. to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  2. to change in condition, nature, or character; convert.
  3. to change into another substance; transmute.
  4. Electricity.
    • to increase or decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of an alternating-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
    • to decrease (the voltage and current characteristics of a direct-current circuit), as by means of a transformer.
  5. to change the form of (a figure, expression, etc.) without in general changing the value.
  6. to change into another form of energy.
verb (used without object)
  1. to undergo a change in form, appearance, or character; become transformed.
noun
  1. Mathematics.
    • a mathematical quantity obtained from a given quantity by an algebraic, geometric, or functional transformation.
    • the transformation itself.
  2. the result of a transformation.
  3. a transformation.
  4. transformation (def. 5).
  5. a structure derived by a transformation.
verb (trænsˈfɔːm)
  1. to alter or be altered radically in form, function, etc
  2. to convert (one form of energy) to another form
  3. to change the form of (an equation, expression, etc) by a mathematical transformation
  4. to increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) using a transformer
noun (ˈtrænsˌfɔːm)
  1. the result of a mathematical transformation, esp (of a matrix or an element of a group) another related to the given one by B = X –1 AX for some appropriate X
Transform (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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