transformation

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The act or an instance of transforming.

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The state of being transformed.

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A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better.

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Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables.

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A mapping of one space onto another or onto itself.

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An operation or rule that changes one linguistic structure (especially a syntactic structure) into another, as by the merger, relocation, or deletion of one of its constituents.

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The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.