CONVERSION
conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth
(noun) a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
conversion
(noun) a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
conversion
(noun) the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
conversion
(noun) act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
conversion
(noun) a change in the units or form of an expression: “conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade”
conversion
(noun) interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
conversion
(noun) a change of religion; “his conversion to the Catholic faith”
conversion, transition, changeover
(noun) an event that results in a transformation
conversion
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conversion (countable and uncountable, plural conversions)
The act of converting something or someone.
(computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
(chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
(rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
(American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
(marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
(linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
Hyponyms: anthimeria, shift, shifting
(obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
(logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
(math) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
Antonyms
• deconversion
Hypernyms
• type conversion
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert.]
1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change. Artificial conversion of water into ice. Bacon. The conversion of the aliment into fat. Arbuthnot.
2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." Prescott.
3. (Law)
Definition: An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.
4. (Logic)
Definition: The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
5. (Math.)
Definition: A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
7. (Theol.)
Definition: A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life. He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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