Transformation (journal) definition

(1) The act of changing in form or shape or appearance

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

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

(3) A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure

(4) A qualitative change

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