Transformation

Transformation may refer to:

Mathematics

Linear algebra

• Linear transformation

Geometry

• Affine transformation
• Geometric transformation

Statistics

• Data transformation (statistics)

Combinatorics

• Transformation (combinatorics)

Other

• Infinitesimal transformation
• Transformation (function)
• Integral transform
• Transformation matrix
• Natural transformation
• Unitary transformation

Physics

• Transformation optics, generalized optical devices
• Phase transformation, a physical transition from one medium to another

Chemistry

• Phase transformation, a physical transition from one medium to another
• Chemical transformation

Biology and medicine

• Metamorphosis, the biological process of changing physical form after birth or hatching
• Malignant transformation, the process of cells becoming cancerous
• Transformation (genetics), genetic alteration of a cell by DNA uptake

Computing

• Data transformation
• Model transformation
• Program transformation
• XML transformation
• Transformation of text

Fiction

• Transformation (novel), by Carol Berg
• Shapeshifting, a type of transformation common in mythology and folklore
• Henshin, a type of transformation common in anime, manga and tokusatsu
• Transformation, an alternate title for The Marble Faun, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Other uses

• Maturity transformation, the practice of fractional reserve banks borrowing money on shorter timeframes than they lend money out
• Transformation (law), a concept in copyright law
• Transformation (patent law)
• Transformation (music)
• Transformation (warfare)
• Transformation of culture
• Transformation design, a design process
• Transformation playing card
• Transformation problem, a concept in economics
• Transformation (linguistics), a type of operation in transformational grammar
• Spiritual transformation, a psychological and New-Age concept
• Business transformation, an idea in strategic management
• Transformation of precious metals, see synthesis of precious metals
• Transformational festival

As a proper name

• Transformation (Don Preston album), 2001
• Transformation (Tal Wilkenfeld album), 2007
• Transformation (Signal Aout 42 album)
• Transformation (Alex Skolnick Trio album)
• "Transformation", a song by Nona Hendryx
• Transformation (journal), an academic journal in the field of Biblical studies
• Transformations (opera), a chamber opera by the American composer Conrad Susa
• "The Transformation", an episode of American television series Fringe

See also

• Transform (disambiguation)
• Transformation Story Archive