n.
1.a qualitative change
2.(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
3.a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
4.(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA
5.the act of changing in form or shape or appearance
Idiom of the Day
make (someone's) head spin
to make someone confused or overwhelmed, to make someone dizzy
The information that I had to learn in the accounting course made my head spin.