transformation

transformation

Changement d’apparence, de forme ou de nature qui rend souvent quelque chose très différent.

En anglais simple : A change in appearance, shape, or nature, often making something very different.

• Her new haircut caused a surprising transformation.
• The garden underwent a complete transformation.
• We watched the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly.

Comment l'utiliser : transformation from A into B (The building’s transformation from a factory into flats took two years.)

Synonymes : change, conversion

Expressions courantes : complete transformation, undergo a transformation, transformation into something, dramatic transformation

transformation bactérienne

Changement d’une cellule bactérienne après qu’elle a absorbé de l’ADN provenant d’une autre cellule.

En anglais simple : A change in a bacterial cell after it takes in DNA from another cell.

• Transformation gave the bacteria a new gene.
• The students measured transformation in bacterial cells.
• These bacteria gained resistance through transformation.

Expressions courantes : bacterial transformation, genetic transformation, transformation of bacteria