transformとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English transformen, from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, transformare, from trans (“across”, preposition) + forma (“form”).

発音

• Verb:
  • (英国発音) enPR: trănsfômʹ, tränsfômʹ; IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɔːm/, /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːm/
  • (米国発音) enPR: trănsfôrmʹ; IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/
• Noun:
  • (英国発音) enPR: trănsʹfôm, tränsʹfôm; IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænsfɔːm/, /ˈtɹɑːnsfɔːm/
    • (米国発音) enPR: trănsʹfôrm; IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænsfɔɹm/
  • 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)m
  • ハイフネーション: trans‧form

動詞

transform (三人称単数 現在形 transforms, 現在分詞 transforming, 過去形および過去分詞形 transformed)

1. (transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.

   The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Love may transform me to an oyster.

   • 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 171:

     Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].

   • 2020 August 26, “Network News: Stations investment boosts regeneration, says report”, in Rail, page 17:

     Among its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.

   Synonyms: alter, change, convert, make over, transmogrify

2. (transitive) To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Romans 12:2:

     Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

   Synonyms: alter, change

3. (transitive, mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
4. (transitive, electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.
5. (transitive, genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.
6. (intransitive) To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.

   Synonyms: alter, change

関連する語

• transformation

派生語

• transformer

参考

• transformative

名詞

transform (複数形 transforms)

1. (mathematical analysis) An operation (often an integration) that converts one function into another.
2. (by extension) A function so produced.
3. (geology, seismology) A transform fault.

派生語

• Borel transform
• discrete transform
• Fourier transform
• fractal transform
• integral transform
• Laplace transform
• See also: List of transforms on Wikipedia.