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conversion

/kənˈvɝʒən/

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What does conversion mean?

noun

  1. The act of converting something or someone.
  2. A software product converted from one platform to another.
  3. A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
More meanings (10)

noun

  1. A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
  2. An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
  3. An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
  4. 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.
  5. Living space in a part of a building that was previously uninhabitable, or the process of constructing such living space.
  6. 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.
  7. The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
  8. A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
  9. (slang) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.
  10. (obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.

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IPA pronunciation

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The division of a PPP GNP/GDP estimate in dollars by the corresponding estimate in the local currency gives the PPP conversion rate.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
No one is ignorant of the difficulties that are met with in the conversion of untilled land into arable and productive land.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
More book examples (3)
Such a conversion is called "work" as distinguished from "drop," although a fall of initial electrical pressure is involved in each case.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
But he was not able to extinguish the lights before the Wide-Awakes had gone on their way rejoicing over his apparent conversion.
Joel BentonA Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. BarnumProject Gutenberg ebook #1576
Many other examples of the conversion of foliage-shoots into runners and rhizomes, or vice versa, have been described by Goebel and others.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909