transformation
英 [trænsfə'meɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːns-; -nz-]
美[,trænsfɚ'meʃən]
- n. [遗] 转化；转换；改革；变形
英英释意
- 1. a qualitative change
- 2. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
- 3. a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
- 4. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
- 5. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance;
- "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"