to change something or someone completely so that it looks, works, or behaves in a very different and often better way
The new paint job completely transformed the living room.
Digital technology is transforming the way we communicate across the globe.
✦ From Latin trans- “across” + formare “to shape.”
a mathematical or technical operation that converts one set of numbers, signals, or functions into another form to make them easier to analyze or use
The engineer applied a Fourier transform to filter out noise from the signal.
In computer graphics, the rotation transform lifted the character’s arm upward.
✦ Shortened form of transformation, first used in mathematics in the mid-19th century.
