TRANSFORMA'TION, n. The act or operation of changing the form or external appearance. 1. Metamorphosis; change of form in insects; as from a caterpillar to a butterfly.2. Transmutation; the change of one metal into another, as of copper or tin into gold.3. The change of the soul into a divine substance, as among the mystics.4. Transubstantiation.5. In theology, a change of heart in man, by which his disposition and temper are conformed to the divine image; a change from enmity to holiness and love.6. In algebra, the change of an equation into one of a different form, but of equal value.
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