transformation

(noun): The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
(noun): A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
(noun): The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
(noun): A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
(noun): The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
(noun): Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.