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                                                a qualitative change
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                                                (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
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                                                a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
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                                                (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
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                                                the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
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                                                                                                        - a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface