transformation

noun

1. 1

   the act of changing in form or shape or appearance

   a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface

2. 2

   (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

3. 3

   a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

4. 4

   a qualitative change

5. 5

   (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system