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Transformation (root transform) may refer to: Transformation is also referred to as a turn.

In science:

• Transformation (mathematics), in mathematics, as a general term applies to mathematical functions
  • Data transformation (statistics) in statistics
• Chemical transformation, in chemistry, shows the conversion of a substrate to a product omitting the reagents or catalysts
• Transformation (genetics), the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction of foreign DNA
• Transformational grammar, in linguistics
• Transformation (cell division), in cell division, converts normal cells into cells that will continue to divide without limit (cancerous cells)
• Metamorphosis - post-natal biological transformation
• (Transgender Transformation), process of modifying ones appearance with cosmetics, wig, and foundation garments to change ones identifying gender.

In computing:

• Data transformation, process of converting data from a source into a destination format
• Model transformation, process of converting a model Ma conforming to metamodel MMa into model Mb conforming to metamodel MMb. If MMa=MMb, then one has an endogeneous transformation; otherwise one has an exogeneous transformation. Model transformation usually takes place using languages like GReAT, VIATRA, ATL, etc.
• Program transformation, the process of converting special source code into other detailed structures
• Vocabulary-based transformation
• XML transformation language, process of transforming an XML document into another one with languages like XSLT, XQuery, STX, FXT, XDuce, HaXml, FleXML, etc.

In fiction:

• Shapeshifting, the change of an entity into another in myth and in fiction
• Henshin, a visual sequence for transformation occurring in many anime, manga and sentai tokusatsu
• Transformation (novel), a 2000 novel by Carol Berg
• Transformation Story Archive, a website that archives stories that feature a personal physical transformation

In other subjects:

• Change, especially extreme psychological or character change, as in the context and vocabulary of pop psychology
• Transformation (philosophical), the shift in context and being that requires no change in circumstance
• Transformation fetish, sexual arousal by descriptions or depictions of people morphing into other beings or objects
• Transformation (law), a principle that contributes to a finding of fair use in the United States
• Transformation (music), any operation or process that a composer or performer may apply to a musical variable
• Transformation (South Africa), in post-apartheid South Africa, the processes by which the previously disenfranchised majority population enter the mainstream of public life
• Transformation (warfare), the introduction and use of seemingly revolutionary methods of mainly strategic nature to gain a permanent advantage over a perceived enemy
• Transformation (UK Company), A retail chain provising products and services to the transgender community.
• Text Transformation (English Literature), the process of taking a foundation, or base text and changing it into a new genre, so that it can support itself without reference to the base text.

• Trans-
• Transmigration

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For a discussion on spiritual transformation as an psychological response to paintings of martyrdom, see: Williamson, Mark A. "The Martyrdom Paintings of Jusepe de Ribera: Catharsis and Transformation", PhD Dissertation, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 2000 (available online at myspace.com/markwilliamson13732)