transformational
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- adjective
- /trænsfɔːrˈmeɪʃənl/
- Specialized
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transformacional
- In the early 1960s, Chomsky's transformational grammar was brought to Japan.
- transformational grammar
- transformational process
Examples
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The transformational process in mathematics allows for complex equations to be solved more easily.
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However, Rivers' ideas, like those of transformational grammar, did not catch on.
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But I think the transformational science is in the what we call spectroscopy.
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But computer skills are informational, while musical skills are transformational.
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Treatment topics focused on the academic, analytical, and transformational skills.
Academic text (2013) -
Diagnose what type of change is required: technical (means only), transitional (ends only), or transformational (means and ends).
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The transformational statements: Irene becomes the embodiment of forgiveness and the healing of family and culture.
Academic text (2011) -
Although none of these changes were either radical or transformational, they were nevertheless important in reorienting some of the underlying dynamics of Iranian internal politics.
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Ethnogenesis is a broad transformational process by which the ethnic identities of human societies are quantitatively and qualitatively changed over their histories.
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I found the data intriguing, since one of my interests at the time was the comparative syntax of Latin and English and another was the development of generative semantics, loosely spun off from standard transformational generative grammar.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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Makes a big change to a person or situation
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Relating to a change from one form or state to another
Able to make something change from one form to another
Surface Forms
Morphology
transformational = transformation (transparent) = trans + form + ation + al
This is a regular adjective formed from 'transformation', so the meaning 'relating to or involving transformation' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Transformational comes from the Latin word transformare, made of trans- 'across' and form 'shape'. In areas like math, physics, or language study, a transformational process is one that changes the form or structure by clear steps, so the word describes a change in the way something is shaped or organised.