(historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
(chemical engineering) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
(chemical engineering) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a strikingchange for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
“The advocates of a complete reformation of the country's currency system have in their favor the potent fact that almost everyone is in agreement that the existing system is unsatisfactory.”
“Though the process of the reformation of science will be extended and complicated, nevertheless the ultimate upshot might be revolutionary.”
“These facts and arguments, I submit, establish the necessity of a new reformation of religion.”
reform
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
“The welfare state seemed to confirm the reformability of capitalism and the viability of a third way between capitalism and socialism.”
“A vote for any bourgeois candidate is a vote of confidence in the reformability of capitalism and a vote against the need for socialist revolution.”
“La's belief in the reformability of the most abject criminal and her opposition to the death penalty express a full-bodied liberal humanism that the republican state, whatever its expressed ideals, cannot tolerate.”