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1. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance (noun.act)
hypernym | : | change of integrity, |
definition | : | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | permutation, |
definition | : | complete change in character or condition (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | alteration, revision, |
definition | : | the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | transfiguration, |
definition | : | the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | transmogrification, |
definition | : | the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | metamorphosis, |
definition | : | a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft (noun.act) |
2. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA (noun.act)
hypernym | : | change of integrity, |
definition | : | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something (noun.act) |
domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
3. a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure (noun.communication)
4. a qualitative change (noun.event)
hypernym | : | alteration, change, modification, |
definition | : | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | population shift, |
definition | : | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | pyrolysis, |
definition | : | transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | sea change, |
definition | : | a profound transformation (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | sublimation, |
definition | : | (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | tin disease, tin pest, tin plague, |
definition | : | the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey tin at very cold temperatures (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | weakening, |
definition | : | becoming weaker (noun.event) |
5. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system (noun.linkdef)
hyponym | : | reflection, |
definition | : | (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed (noun.linkdef) |
hyponym | : | rotation, |
definition | : | (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin (noun.linkdef) |
hyponym | : | translation, |
definition | : | (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same (noun.linkdef) |
hyponym | : | affine transformation, |
definition | : | (mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis (noun.linkdef) |
domain category | : | math, mathematics, maths, |
definition | : | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition) |
6. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance (noun.act)
derivation | : | transform, translate, |
definition | : | change from one form or medium into another (verb.change) |
7. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA (noun.act)
derivation | : | transform, |
definition | : | change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species (verb.change) |
8. a qualitative change (noun.event)
derivation | : | shift, |
definition | : | move from one setting or context to another (verb.change) |
derivation | : | shift, |
definition | : | change in quality (verb.change) |
9. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system (noun.linkdef)
derivation | : | transform, |
definition | : | subject to a mathematical transformation (verb.change) |
10. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance (noun.act)
derivation | : | transform, translate, |
definition | : | change from one form or medium into another (verb.change) |
11. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA (noun.act)
derivation | : | transform, |
definition | : | change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species (verb.change) |
12. a qualitative change (noun.event)
derivation | : | shift, |
definition | : | move from one setting or context to another (verb.change) |
derivation | : | shift, |
definition | : | change in quality (verb.change) |
13. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system (noun.linkdef)
derivation | : | transform, |
definition | : | subject to a mathematical transformation (verb.change) |
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