Mathematical transformations describe how two-dimensional figures move around a plane or coordinate system. The noun TRANSFORMATION has 5 senses. The definition of Transformation.
A transformation is a process which changes the position and possibly the size and orientation of a shape.
The objects initial shape and position is called the pre-image while the final position and shape of the manipulated object is called the image under the transformation. A transformation is a process that manipulates a polygon or other two-dimensional object on a plane or coordinate system. In mathematics a transformation is a function f usually with some geometrical underpinning that maps a set X to itself ie. A transformation refers to the four various ways wherein the shape of a point a line or an object is manipulated.