Commentary:
NOTE: may be transitive or intransitive
Examples:
This groundbreaking freephone service has transformed the face of visitor information.
The Brown case transformed the values of the country.
The Great Depression transformed the American political and economic landscape.
Then through the power of his magic he transformed the mouse into a girl.
Pop artists use their images to shock and transform attitudes of what is considered "art."
Warhol's series of red and white Campbell's soup cans transformed the commercial illustrator into a pop-art sensation.
I met a teacher in my school sixth form who transformed my life because he transformed my view of myself.
Mappings:
VerbNet: turn-26.6.1
FrameNet: Cause_change
PropBank: change.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4
Examples:
This device can transform energy into light.
Energy is neither gained nor lost, only transformed from kinetic energy to potential energy and vice versa.
When the apple hits the ground, kinetic energy is transformed into heat energy.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Examples:
To transform a sequence into an evenly distributed set of real numbers in the interval from 0 to 1, divide each of the original numbers by N.
The argument @f is the list of values to be transformed.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary:
NOTE: more precise definition: to change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
Examples:
To chemically transform cells, competent cells are mixed with the DNA.
Some cells along the cut will be transformed by the bacterium, that inserts its DNA into the cell.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: transform.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Examples:
Electrical Transformers take electricity of one voltage and transform it into another voltage.
The ballast transforms line voltage 120 volts to these requirements.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7