The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TRANSFORMATION
transformation, translation
(noun) the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; “a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface”
transformation
(noun) (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
transformation
(noun) a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
transformation, transmutation, shift
(noun) a qualitative change
transformation
(noun) (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
transformation (countable and uncountable, plural transformations)
The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
(mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
(linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
(genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
(politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.
Synonyms
• metamorphosis
• transmogrification
• transmutation
• transfiguration
Source: Wiktionary
Trans`for*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. transformatio: cf. transformation.]
Definition: The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: --(a) (Biol.)
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
Coffee Trivia
