Verb
1. subject to a mathematical transformation
2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;
"This experience transformed her completely""She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture""transubstantiate one element into another"3. change in outward structure or looks;
"He transformed into a monster""The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"4. change from one form or medium into another;
"Braque translated collage into oil"5. convert (one form of energy) to another;
"transform energy to light"6. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
7. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)