transform

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transformed p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming. ] [ L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See Form, v. t. ] 1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Love may transform me to an oyster. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being transformed or changed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. transformatio: cf. transformation. ] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

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(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. transformatif. ] Having power, or a tendency, to transform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (1990's) a toy consisting of a figure or representation of an object, constructed of interlocking parts in such a way that a series of turning or twisting motions of the parts can transform the object from one type of object to a different type of object, such as from an animal to an automobile. [ PJC ]

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Multiple transformer. (Elec.) (a) A transformer connected in multiple or in parallel with the primary circuit. (b) A transformer with more than one primary or more than one secondary coil. --
Parallel transformer (Elec.), a transformer connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]