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conversion
[ kuhn-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
- a change in character, form, or function.
- a change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another.
- a thoroughgoing spiritual change that involves repentance and a turn toward God or right living.
- a change of attitude, emotion, or viewpoint from one of indifference, disbelief, or antagonism to one of acceptance, faith, or enthusiastic support, especially such a change in a person's religion.
- a physical transformation from one material or state to another:
conversion of coal, water, and air into nylon.
- the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation:
conversion of yen into dollars.
- a physical, structural, or design change or transformation from one state or condition to another, especially to effect a change in function:
conversion of a freighter into a passenger liner.
- a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change:
conversion from oil heat to gas heat.
- Mathematics. a change in the form or units of an expression.
- Logic. the transposition of the subject and predicate of a proposition, as “No good man is unhappy” becomes by conversion “No unhappy man is good.”
- Law.
- unauthorized assumption and exercise of rights of ownership over personal property belonging to another.
- a change from realty into personalty, or vice versa, as in the sale or purchase of land or the mining of coal.
- Football. a score made on a try for a point after touchdown by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the bar between the goalposts or by completing a pass in or running the ball into the end zone.
- Psychoanalysis. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom.
- Physics. the production of radioactive material in a process in which one nuclear fuel is converted into another by the capture of neutrons. Compare breeding ( def 6 ).
- Digital Technology. a performance metric for a website that counts the percentage of visitors that engage in the intended purpose of the site, as making a purchase or signing a petition:
The site was redesigned to simplify user interactions and optimize conversion.
- Computers.
- Also called data conversion. the act or process of transferring data from one format into another.
- Also called media conversion. the act of transferring or copying stored data from one storage medium to another.
- Also called system conversion. the change from an existing computer system to a new computer system.
- the process of changing the base that a number or numbers are written in.
- the transformation of material from a form suitable for printing by one process to a form suitable for another process:
a halftone gravure conversion.
conversion
/ əˈɜːʃə /
noun
- a change or adaptation in form, character, or function
- something changed in one of these respects
- a change to another attitude or belief, as in a change of religion
- maths a change in the units or form of a number or expression
the conversion of miles to kilometres involves multiplying by 1.61
- logic a form of inference by which one proposition is obtained as the converse of another proposition
- law
- unauthorized dealing with or the assumption of rights of ownership to another's personal property
- the changing of real property into personalty or personalty into realty
- rugby a score made after a try by kicking the ball over the crossbar from a place kick
- physics a change of fertile material to fissile material in a reactor
- an alteration to a car engine to improve its performance
- ( as modifier )
a conversion kit
- material alteration to the structure or fittings of a building undergoing a change in function or legal status
- the unauthorized appropriation of a motor vehicle
Derived Forms
- DzˈDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz··Dz· Dz··Dz·· [k, uh, n-, vur, -zh, uh, -ner-ee, -sh, uh, -], adjective
- ԴDz·Dz··Dz noun
- ·Dz··Dz noun
- ··Dz··Dz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of conversion1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of conversion1
Example Sentences
The IRS calls it an “involuntary conversion” when your property is destroyed and you receive insurance proceeds.
Public toilet conversions, while increasingly trendy and a unique draw to bars, restaurants and performance venues, are not a new phenomenon.
Practices of so-called conversion therapy - attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity - are much more common than first thought, new research suggests.
Rowlands added the conversion which gave the hosts a three point lead heading down the tunnel.
Dannah O'Brien missed the testing conversion from the touchline and Ireland could not bridge the gap any further before France were restored to 15.
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