6Transforming
In Inkscape (and in SVG), transformation has a very narrow meaning. It does not refer to any change of an object but only to the four simple operations that affect an entire object in the same way: moving, scaling, rotating, and skewing. Nothing else is considered a transformation.
Metaphorically, transforming objects is moving around the furniture in your house without repainting the walls or opening up any cabinets.
For the mathematically inclined, the term is actually an abridgment of "affine ...
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