# transform

Pronunciation: US say "trans-FORM" /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/; UK say "trans-FAWM" /tɹænsˈfɔːm/

## Verb

1. To greatly change the appearance or outward form of something.
   - Simple: To change something so much that it looks completely different.
   - _New furniture and bright colors completely transform the apartment._
   - _Decades of erosion transformed the cliff face into jagged spires._
2. To change the nature, condition, or function of something; to convert it into something else.
   - Simple: To change what something is really like, or what it does.
   - _Grief can transform a once-cheerful person into someone withdrawn._
   - _The reforms transformed the country's economy within a decade._
3. To go through a major change in appearance or character.
   - Simple: To change a lot in how you look or who you are.
   - _Tadpoles transform into frogs over several weeks._
   - _His attitude transformed after the long illness._
4. To change a mathematical expression into another form without altering its value.
   - Simple: To change something into another form while keeping its value the same.
   - _Mathematicians transform coordinates to simplify the geometry of a problem._
   - _The algorithm transformed the data into the frequency domain._
7. To pass electricity through a transformer in order to raise or lower its voltage.
   - Simple: To change the voltage of electricity using a transformer.
   - _Substations transform the current to higher voltages for long-distance transmission._
   - _The adapter transformed the wall voltage to power the laptop safely._
8. To introduce foreign genetic material into a cell, altering its makeup.
   - Simple: To change a cell by putting new genetic material into it.
   - _Biologists transform yeast cells to study how individual genes behave._
   - _The lab transformed the plant cells with a gene for pest resistance._

## Noun

Pronunciation: US say "TRANS-form" /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/; UK say "TRANS-fawm" /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/

5. A mathematical operation, frequently an integration, that turns one function into a different function.
   - Simple: A math operation that turns one function into another.
   - _Each transform maps one function to another according to a fixed rule._
   - _Applying the transform reduced the integral to a simple product._
6. The function that results from applying a transform operation.
   - Simple: The new function that a transform operation produces.
   - _The transform of the original signal revealed two dominant frequencies._
   - _Mathematicians often work with the transform rather than the original function._
9. A boundary where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another, also called a transform fault.
   - Simple: A crack in the earth where two plates slide past each other sideways.
   - _Geologists mapped a major transform running offshore._
   - _The fault is a transform, so the plates grind sideways rather than colliding._

## Origin

From Middle English transformen, borrowed through Old French transformer from Latin transformare, which combines trans ('across') and forma ('form').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/transform (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).