Associations to the word «Transform»

Wiktionary

TRANSFORM, verb. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.
TRANSFORM, verb. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
TRANSFORM, verb. (transitive) (mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
TRANSFORM, verb. (transitive) (electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
TRANSFORM, verb. (transitive) (genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
TRANSFORM, verb. (intransitive) To undergo a transformation.
TRANSFORM, noun. (mathematics) the result of a transformation
TRANSFORM FAULT, noun. (geology) A geological fault (a form of strike-slip fault) found in mid-ocean ridges in which displacement undergoes a sudden change in direction

Dictionary definition

TRANSFORM, verb. Subject to a mathematical transformation.
TRANSFORM, verb. Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another".
TRANSFORM, verb. Change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle".
TRANSFORM, verb. Change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil".
TRANSFORM, verb. Convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light".
TRANSFORM, verb. Change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species.
TRANSFORM, verb. Increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats