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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 51Թ 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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conversion1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conversion1
Example Sentences
His 68 shots in the league is the 11th highest total, but with a very low conversion rate of 5.9%.
At the time of his 2024 conversion, Brand declared that he had repented of his past and that he would "acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself."
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.
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