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means A complete change in form, nature, or characterwhen something becomes meaningfully different from what it was.

from From Latin 'transformare' — 'trans-' (across, beyond) plus 'forma' (shape, form), so literally to carry a shape across into another. It entered English through Old French in the late Middle Ages, the '-ation' ending marking it as the act or process itself: not just the changed thing, but the crossing-over that changed it.

cell turnovermost of your atoms are replaced within a decade
butterfly truthcaterpillars liquefy entirely inside the chrysalis first
etymologyLatin trans-formare, to carry across into shape
phase changewater becomes steam without changing a single atom
kafkaGregor woke transformed, family changed more than he did
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