Transformation
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Transformation (root transform) may refer to:
In science:
- Transformation (mathematics), in mathematics, as a general term applies to mathematical functions
- Chemical transformation, in chemistry, shows the conversion of a substrate to a product omitting the reagents or catalysts
- Transformation (genetics), the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction of foreign DNA
- Transformational grammar, in linguistics
- Transformation (cell division), in cell division, converts normal cells into cells that will continue to divide without limit (cancerous cells)
- Metamorphosis - post-natal biological transformation
In computing:
- Data transformation, process of converting data from a source into a destination format
- Model transformation, process of converting a model Ma conforming to metamodel MMa into model Mb conforming to metamodel MMb. If MMa=MMb, then one has an endogeneous transformation; otherwise one has an exogeneous transformation. Model transformation usually takes place using languages like GReAT, VIATRA, ATL, etc.
- Program transformation, the process of converting special source code into other detailed structures
- Vocabulary-based transformation
- XML transformation language, process of transforming an XML document into another one with languages like XSLT, XQuery, STX, FXT, XDuce, HaXml, FleXML, etc.
In fiction:
- Shapeshifting, the change of an entity into another in myth and in fiction
- Henshin, a visual sequence for transformation occurring in many anime, manga and sentai tokusatsu
- Transformation (novel), a 2000 novel by Carol Berg
- Transformation Story Archive, a website that archives stories that feature a personal physical transformation
In other subjects:
- Change, especially extreme psychological or character change, as in the context and vocabulary of pop psychology
- Transformation fetish, sexual arousal by descriptions or depictions of people morphing into other beings or objects
- Transformation (law), a principle that contributes to a finding of fair use in the United States
- Transformation (music), any operation or process that a composer or performer may apply to a musical variable
- Transformation (South Africa), in post-apartheid South Africa, the processes by which the previously disenfranchised majority population enter the mainstream of public life
- Transformation (warfare), the introduction and use of seemingly revolutionary methods of mainly strategic nature to gain a permanent advantage over a perceived enemy
- Transformation (UK Company), A retail chain provising products and services to the transgender community.
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