umformen — meaning in English

English meaning

• reshape verb To give something a new physical shape.
• transpose verb To swap the order or position of two or more things.

Senses

umformen is used for these senses in English:

• reshape (transitive) To make into a different shape.
• transpose (transitive, algebra) To move (a term) from one side of an algebraic equation to the other, reversing the sign of the term.

reshape — full definition

1. verb To give something a new physical shape.
2. verb To reorganize or fundamentally change something, especially a plan, industry, or idea.

transpose — full definition

1. verb To swap the order or position of two or more things.
2. verb In music, to rewrite or perform a piece in a different key.
3. verb In mathematics, to move a term from one side of an equation to the other, or to swap rows and columns of a matrix.

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