transformation

trasformazione

Cambiamento di aspetto, forma o natura che spesso rende qualcosa molto diverso.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: transformation from A into B (The building’s transformation from a factory into flats took two years.)

Sinonimi: change, conversion

Espressioni comuni: complete transformation, undergo a transformation, transformation into something, dramatic transformation

trasformazione batterica

Cambiamento di una cellula batterica dopo aver assorbito DNA proveniente da un’altra cellula.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: bacterial transformation, genetic transformation, transformation of bacteria