transformative


trans·for·ma·tion

T0317600 (trăns′fər-mā′shən, -fôr-)n.1. a. The act or an instance of transforming: her difficult transformation of the yard into a garden.b. The state of being transformed: impressed by the transformation of the yard.2. A marked change, as in appearance or character, usually for the better: recent transformations in the format of the publication.3. Mathematics a. Replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables.b. A mapping of one space onto another or onto itself.4. Linguistics An operation or rule that changes one linguistic structure (especially a syntactic structure) into another, as by the merger, relocation, or deletion of one of its constituents.5. Genetics a. The change undergone by an animal cell upon infection by a cancer-causing virus.b. The introduction of DNA from one cell into another by means of a bacteriophage or one of a variety of chemical or physical methods.
trans′for·ma′tion·al, trans·form′a·tive (-fôr′mə-tĭv) adj.