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transformable
trans·form T0317500 (trăns-fôrm′)v. trans·formed, trans·form·ing, trans·forms v.tr.1. To change markedly the appearance or form of: "A thick, fibrous fog had transformed the trees into ghosts and the streetlights into soft, haloed moons" (David Michael Kaplan).2. To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert: A steam engine transforms heat into mechanical energy. See Synonyms at convert.3. Mathematics To subject to a transformation.4. Electricity To subject to the action of a transformer.5. Genetics To subject (a cell) to transformation.v.intr. To undergo a transformation.n. (trăns′fôrm′) The result, especially a mathematical quantity or linguistic construction, of a transformation. [Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin trānsfōrmāre : trāns-, trans- + fōrma, form.] trans·form′a·ble adj.ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | transformable - capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality"transmutable, translatable, convertiblecommutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment" | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeetransformtransformable
Synonyms for transformableadj capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemySynonyms- transmutable
- translatable
- convertible
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