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英 [trænsfə'meɪʃ(ə)n; trɑːns-; -nz-] 美[,trænsfɚ'meʃən]

• n. [遗] 转化；转换；改革；变形

1. a qualitative change

2. (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

3. a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

4. (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA

5. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance;

"a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"