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Definition of Conversion

1. Noun. An event that results in a transformation.

2. Noun. A change in the units or form of an expression:. "Conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"

3. Noun. A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown.

4. Noun. A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.

5. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis.

6. Noun. A change of religion. "His conversion to the Catholic faith"

7. Noun. Interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition.

8. Noun. Act of exchanging one type of money or security for another.

9. Noun. The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another.

Definition of Conversion

1. n. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

Definition of Conversion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Conversion

1. An unconscious defense mechanism by which the anxiety that stems from intrapsychic conflict is converted and expressed in a symbolic somatic. Origin: L. Con = with, versio = turning This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversion

conversational partner conversations conversation piece conversation stopper conversazione conversaziones conversazioni converse conversed conversely

converser conversers converses conversing conversion (current term) conversion (current term) conversional conversions conversion disorder conversion disorder

conversion electron conversion factor conversion hysteria conversion hysteria conversion hysteria neurosis conversion neurosis conversion reaction conversion reaction conversive heat Converso

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