transform

English

Alternative forms

• xform (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (UK) enPR: trănsfômʹ, tränsfômʹ; IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɔːm/, /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːm/
  • (US) enPR: trănsfôrmʹ; IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
• Noun:
  • (UK) enPR: trănsʹfôm, tränsʹfôm; IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/, /ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/

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  • (US) enPR: trănsʹfôrm; IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
• Hyphenation: trans‧form

Verb

transform (third-person singular simple present transforms, present participle transforming, simple past and past participle transformed)

1. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

   The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Love may transform me to an oyster.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 April 2017, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Stations investment boosts regeneration, says report”, in Rail, page 17:

     Among its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.

   Synonyms: alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify

2. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:2:

     Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

   Synonyms: alter, change

3. (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
4. (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
5. (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
6. (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

   Synonyms: alter, change

Derived terms

• transformer

Related terms

• transformation

Translations

change greatly the appearance or form of

• Afrikaans: transformeer
• Arabic: تَحَوَّلَ (ar) (taḥawwala), مَسَخَ (masaḵa)
• Bulgarian: преобразувам (bg) (preobrazuvam)
• Catalan: transformar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變換／变换 (zh) (biànhuàn), 變形／变形 (zh) (biànxíng)

• Czech: proměnit (cs)
• Danish: transformere, omdanne
• Esperanto: transformi, aliformi, aliformigi
• Finnish: muuttaa täysin
• French: transformer (fr)
• Friulian: transformâ, stramudâ
• Galician: transformar (gl)
• German: verwandeln (de), transformieren (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽 (gagaleikōn)
• Greek: μεταμορφώνω (el) (metamorfóno)

  Ancient: μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō)

• Ido: transformar (io)
• Italian: trasformare (it), modificare (it)
• Japanese: 変形する (ja) (へんけいする, henkei suru), 変換する (ja) (へんかんする, henkan suru)
• Korean: 변형시키다 (byeonhyeongsikida), 변형하다 (ko) (byeonhyeonghada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەڵگەڕان (hellgerran)

• Latin: transfiguro, muto (la), perforo, transformo, immuto
• Maori: whakaahua, whakaahuakē, whakaumu
• Persian: ترادیسیدن (fa) (tarâdisidan)
• Polish: przekształcać (pl), przemieniać (pl), przeobrażać, transformować, przeistaczać
• Portuguese: transformar (pt)
• Romanian: transforma (ro)
• Russian: преобража́ть (ru) impf (preobražátʹ), преобрази́ть (ru) pf (preobrazítʹ), трансформи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (transformírovatʹ), превраща́ть (ru) impf (prevraščátʹ), преврати́ть (ru) pf (prevratítʹ)
• Spanish: trasformar (es), transformar (es)
• Swedish: omvandla (sv), transformera (sv)

change the nature, condition or function of

• Bulgarian: превръщам (bg) (prevrǎštam)
• Esperanto: transformi, aliformi, aliformigi
• Finnish: muuntaa (fi), muuttaa (fi)
• French: transformer (fr)
• German: umwandeln (de)
• Italian: trasformare (it)
• Japanese: 変質する (ja) (へんしつする, henshitsu suru)
• Latin: muto (la), perforo
• Maori: whakaahua, whakaahuakē
• Portuguese: transformar (pt)
• Romanian: transforma (ro)
• Russian: видоизменя́ть (ru) impf (vidoizmenjátʹ), видоизмени́ть (ru) pf (vidoizmenítʹ)

in mathematics: subject to a transformation

• Bulgarian: превръщам (bg) (prevrǎštam)
• Finnish: muuntaa (fi)
• German: transformieren (de)
• Italian: trasformare (it)
• Japanese: 変換する (ja) (へんかんする, henkan suru)
• Latin: muto (la), perforo
• Romanian: transforma (ro)

in electricity: subject to the action of a transformer

• Bulgarian: трансформирам (bg) (transformiram)
• Finnish: muuntaa (fi)
• German: transformieren (de)
• Greek: μετασχηματίζω (el) (metaschimatízo)
• Italian: trasformare (it)
• Japanese: 変換する (ja) (へんかんする, henkan suru)
• Latin: muto (la), perforo
• Romanian: transforma (ro)
• Russian: преобразо́вывать (ru) impf (preobrazóvyvatʹ), преобразова́ть (ru) pf (preobrazovátʹ)

in genetics: subject (a cell) to transformation

• German: transformieren (de)
• Japanese: 変態する (ja) (hentai suru)
• Latin: muto (la), perforo

undergo a transformation

• Bulgarian: превръщам се (prevrǎštam se)
• Esperanto: aliformiĝi, aliiĝi, transformiĝi
• Finnish: muuntua (fi), muuttua (fi), muuntautua
• Italian: trasformarsi (it)
• Japanese: 変化する (ja) (henka suru)
• Latin: mutor (la), perforor, transfiguro

See also

• transformative

Noun

transform (plural transforms)

1. (mathematical analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
2. (by extension) A function so produced.
3. (geology, seismology) A transform fault.

Derived terms

• black top-hat transform
• Borel transform
• bottom-hat transform
• Box-Muller transform
• Burrows-Wheeler transform
• discrete Fourier transform
• discrete transform
• fast Fourier transform
• Fourier transform
• fractal transform
• Gabor transform
• Hadamard transform
• Hartley transform
• hit-or-miss transform
• Hough transform
• integral transform
• inverse Fourier transform
• Laplace transform
• Mellin transform
• Mojette transform
• Penrose transform
• Radon transform
• top-hat transform
• transform and roll out
• Walsh transform
• white top-hat transform
• Z-transform

 

• See also: List of transforms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Related terms

• transformable
• transformance
• transformant
• transformate
• transformation
• transformational
• transformative
• transformed
• transformer
• transforming
• transformism
• transformist
• transformity

Translations

operation that converts a function

• Bulgarian: трансформация (bg) f (transformacija)
• French: transformée (fr) f
• Italian: trasformata (it) f
• Japanese: 変換 (ja) (henkan)
• Portuguese: transformada (pt) f

function so produced

• French: transformée (fr) f
• Italian: trasformata (it) f
• Japanese: 変換 (ja) (henkan)
• Portuguese: transformada (pt) f

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ transˈform ]

Verb

transform

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of transforma

Swedish

Noun

transform c

1. (mathematical analysis) a transform

Declension

Declension of transform
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	transform	transformen	transformer	transformerna
Genitive	transforms	transformens	transformers	transformernas

Derived terms

• z-transform

Related terms

• transformera