different between transformation vs transformer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Ecclesiastical Latin tr?nsf?rm?ti?.Morphologically transform +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æns.f???me?.??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?æns.f?(?)?me?.??n/
• Hyphenation: trans?for?ma?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

transformation (countable and uncountable, plural transformations)

1. The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
2. A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
3. (mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
4. (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
5. (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
6. (politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.

Synonyms

• metamorphosis
• transmogrification
• transmutation
• transfiguration

Derived terms

• transformational

Related terms

• transform
• Lorentz transformation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin tr?nsf?rm?ti?, tr?nsf?rm?ti?nem, from Latin tr?nsf?rm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.f??.ma.sj??/

Noun

transformation f (plural transformations)

1. transformation
2. (rugby) conversion

Derived terms

• transformation de Fourier

Related terms

• transformer (verb)

Further reading

• “transformation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

transformation c

1. transformation

English

Alternative forms

• tformer, t-former (shortening)
• transformator (archaic)

Etymology

transform +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m?/, /t???ns?f??m?/
• Hyphenation: trans?form?er

Noun

transformer (plural transformers)

1. Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape.
2. (electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling. Their main use is to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows choosing most appropriate voltage for power generation, transmission and distribution separately.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Transformer

Derived terms

Related terms

• transform
• transformation

Translations

See also

• metamorphosis
• shape change

Anagrams

• retransform

Danish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [t???ns?f??m?]

Noun

transformer c (singular definite transformeren, plural indefinite transformere)

1. (electrical engineering) transformer

Declension

Synonyms

• transformator

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [t???nsf??me???]

Verb

transformer

1. imperative of transformere

French

Etymology

From Old French transformer, borrowed from Latin tr?nsf?rm?, tr?nsf?rm?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.f??.me/

Verb

transformer

1. to transform

Conjugation

Related terms

• transformation

Further reading

• “transformer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

tr?nsf?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tr?nsf?rm?