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- Transformation has two meanings in molecular biology:
- Transformation is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction, uptake and expression of foreign DNA.
- Transformation is also the process by which normal cells are converted into cells that will continue to divide without limit. Normal cells can divide only a certain number of times before they will stop dividing. Cells that have been transformed no longer have such a limit (for example, cancer cells) are able to grow and divide potentially forever.
- In mathematics, a transformation is any of a variety of different operations that can be performed using linear algebra. For example, in 3D computer graphics, the operations of moving, scaling, or rotating a 3D model are commonly called transformations. See linear transformation, transformation geometry, transformation group; also infinitesimal transformation.
- In music, a transformation is any operation or process that may be applied to a musical variable, usually a set or tone row in twelve tone music, such as transposition, inversion, multiplication, retrograde, or rotation and combinations thereof. See: operation, permutation.
- Transformation can be a synonym for metamorphosis and shapeshifting, as in the stories featured on the Transformation Stories Archive.
- In the terms of military operations, transformation is the process of transitioning to a lightweight, fast-moving force that heavily utilizes network-centric warfare. [1]
- In post-apartheid South Africa, transformation has come to mean the processes by which the previously disenfanchised (predominantly black) majority are brought into the mainstream of public and business life. Legislation and public policy make black economic empowerment a key aspect of most equity-related business deals or government contracts.
- Transformation is the title of a 2000 novel by Carol Berg
- In anime, a naked transformation might be used my magical girls to change from their "normal" to "magical" forms, although typically they will be partially obscured for purposes of censorship in order to maintain an equivalent to PG rating. The purpose of this is simply as an act of pure fanservice.
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