Trans`for*ma"tion (?), n. [L.
transformatio: cf. transformation.] The act of
transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or
condition. Specifically: --
(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which
alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the
germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect
(metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a
tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.
(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of
material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism;
metamorphosis.
(c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or
actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
(d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart,
character, or the like; conversion.
(e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or
quantity, into another form without altering the value.
Trans`for*ma"tion (?), n. [L.
transformatio: cf. transformation.] The act of
transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or
condition. Specifically: --
(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which
alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the
germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect
(metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a
tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis.
(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of
material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism;
metamorphosis.
(c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or
actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.
(d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart,
character, or the like; conversion.
(e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or
quantity, into another form without altering the value.
