Transformation may refer to: Science and mathematics. In 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. In mathematics. Transformation (function), concerning functions from sets to themselves. For functions in the broader sense, see function (mathematics). Affine transformation, in geometry. Linear transformation between modules in linear algebra. Also called a linear map.
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