different between transform vs terraform

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (UK) enPR: tr?nsfôm?, tränsfôm?; IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m/, /t???ns?f??m/
  • (US) enPR: tr?nsfôrm?; IPA^(key): /t?æns?f??m/
• Noun:
  • (UK) enPR: tr?ns?fôm, träns?fôm; IPA^(key): /?t?ænsf??m/, /?t???nsf??m/
  • (US) enPR: tr?ns?fôrm; IPA^(key): /?t?ænsf??m/
• Hyphenation: trans?form

Verb

transform (third-person singular simple present transforms, present participle transforming, simple past and past participle transformed)

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

   The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

   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.

   • 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

Related terms

• transformation

Derived terms

• transformer

Translations

Noun

transform (plural 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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

Related terms

• transformable
• transformance
• transformant
• transformate
• transformation
• transformational
• transformative
• transformed
• transformer
• transforming
• transformism
• transformist
• transformity

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ trans?form ]

Verb

transform

1. first-person singular present indicative of transforma
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of transforma

English

Etymology

Terra (“planet Earth”) +? -form (“having the form of”). Coined by American science fiction author Jack Williamson in his 1942 novella Collision Orbit.

Verb

terraform (third-person singular simple present terraforms, present participle terraforming, simple past and past participle terraformed)

1. (science fiction) To transform the atmosphere (or biosphere) of another planet into one having the characteristics of Earth.

Synonyms

• Earthscape

Derived terms

• terraformer

Translations

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021) , “terraform v.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.