Transformation may refer to:

In science:

• Transformation (cell division), in cell division, converts normal cells into cells that will continue to divide without limit (cancerous cells)
• 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 (mathematics), in mathematics, as a general term applies to mathematical functions

In fiction:

• Metamorphosis and shapeshifting, the change of an entity into another in myth and in fiction
• Naked transformation, in anime, a process in which magical girls change from their "normal" to "magical" forms
• Transformation (novel), a 2000 novel by Carol Berg
• Transformation Stories Archive, a website that archives stories that feature a personal physical transformation

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 the transformation is endogeneous else it is an exogeneous transformation. Model transformation is usually performed with languages like GReAT, VIATRA, ATL, etc.
• Program transformation, 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 other subjects:

• Transformation fetish, sexual arousal by descriptions or depictions of people 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), describes the introduction and use of seemingly revolutionary methods of mainly strategic nature to gain a permanent advantage over the enemy

See also

• Transform (disambiguation)

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