formsváltoztat

Formváltoztat is a Hungarian verb meaning to alter the form or shape of something. The infinitive is formváltoztatni, and the related noun formváltoztatás denotes the act or process of changing form. In broader usage, the term can refer to any process that results in a visible or structural change in an object’s exterior or configuration.

Across domains, formváltoztat is used to describe both physical and conceptual transformations. The word is constructed from form and változtat (to change). The spelling formváltoztat, with related formváltoztatás, is standard in Hungarian; non-accented spellings such as formsváltoztat may appear in non-Hungarian contexts or older texts.

In mechanical engineering and materials science, formváltoztatás describes processes that modify a workpiece’s shape through plastic deformation, rather than by removing material. Common forming processes include stamping, bending, drawing, and extrusion, each producing a new geometry and often inducing residual stresses.

In design, architecture and digital modeling, formváltoztatás can refer to altering an object's silhouette or 3D shape during concept development, prototyping or animation. In computer graphics, similar transformations are often described as morphing or shape transformation.

In linguistics, formváltoztatás describes changes to a word’s form to express grammatical functions such as tense, number, or case; this is closely related to concepts of inflection and morphology in Hungarian analysis.

See also: morphing, transformation, morphology, plastic deformation, forming.