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US
/ˈtɹænsfɔɹm, tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
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VERB
- increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
- subject to a mathematical transformation
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convert (one form of energy) to another
transform energy to light -
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
transubstantiate one element into another
This experience transformed her completely -
change in outward structure or looks
He transformed into a monster
The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle - change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
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change from one form or medium into another
Braque translated collage into oil
How To Use transform In A Sentence
- The stable oily liquid, which absorbs intense heat, was used as a coolant for electrical transformers and capacitors.
- * A few of the women flipped through photos of Manou's bastide, * observing its before and after transformation. French Word-A-Day:
- In recent years, Laganside Corporation has transformed the inner core of Belfast city centre, specifically along the Lagan river and in the surrounding area.
- I don't think you're playing devil's advocate (a word every/filmer seems to want use) simply by making entirely senseless comparisons between films like Transformers and There Will Be Blood, and ranting on with points of view that even someone in defense of Transformers would never use. Things I Noticed While Watching 20 Minutes of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek | /Film
- The same mythologem is also active in Dylan's opus, where - with the inclusion of the deepest part of the psyche - came to the repetition and extension of the transformation process, explicitly expressed in Dylan's song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" from 1966: Expecting Rain
- Invitro certain combinations of oncogenes cooperate to transform primary rat cells.
- Dee of Ammalu's Kitchen transforms plain chickpea flour into a steaming hot bowl of Methi Pitla with the addition of a handful of aromatic methi leaves. Archive 2007-04-01
- After feeding, caterpillars pupate in a chrysalis, then transform into beautiful butterflies.
- Public housing has been transformed into an ever-diminishing refuge of last resort.
- Ruth Hawkin was sitting at the kitchen table, a forgotten cigarette in the ashtray next to her transformed into three inches of marled grey ash. A Place of Execution
