Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)transformation(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
(n)transformationa rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
(n)transformation(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
(n)transformation, translationthe act of changing in form or shape or appearance“a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface”