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# transformation

«transformation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big change in how someone or something looks, works or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a transformation, transformations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A transformation is a big change in how someone or something looks, works or behaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#m1)

2) In maths, a transformation is a way of moving or changing a shape on a grid: a translation (slide), reflection (flip), rotation (turn) or enlargement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#m2)

3) In science, a transformation is a change from one form to another, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it is key: after a transformation the new shape is called the image. In science it describes life cycles and energy changes. In stories, a character's transformation shows how they grew or changed, as in fairy tales where a frog becomes a prince. Phrases: «a complete transformation», «undergo a transformation».

### examples

- The caterpillar's transformation into a butterfly takes about two weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x1)
- Reflect the triangle in the mirror line – that is a transformation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x2)
- Rotation, reflection and translation are all transformations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x3)
- The old shed had a total transformation into a playhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x4)
- In the story, the beast's transformation back into a prince happens at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x5)
- The town went through a big transformation when the factory closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x6)
- Draw the image of the square after the transformation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x7)
- In an instant the transformation took place, and two creatures, neither beast nor human stood before the chief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/#x8)

### note

Countable. Verb: «transform». In maths, translations, reflections and rotations keep the shape's size and angles the same; only an enlargement changes the size. Do not confuse «translation» (maths slide) with translating words.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «transformation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transformation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.