ALL meanings of conversion
con·ver·sion
C c - variable noun conversion Conversion is the act or process of changing something into a different state or form. 3
- variable noun conversion If someone changes their religion or beliefs, you can refer to their conversion to their new religion or beliefs. 3
- countable noun conversion In rugby, if a player makes or kicks a conversion, he scores points by kicking the ball over the goal after a try has been scored. 3
- noun conversion a change or adaptation in form, character, or function 3
- noun conversion something changed in one of these respects 3
- noun conversion a change to another attitude or belief, as in a change of religion 3
- noun conversion a change in the units or form of a number or expression 3
- noun conversion a form of inference by which one proposition is obtained as the converse of another proposition 3
- noun conversion unauthorized dealing with or the assumption of rights of ownership to another's personal property 3
- noun conversion the changing of real property into personalty or personalty into realty 3
- noun conversion a score made after a try by kicking the ball over the crossbar from a place kick 3
- noun conversion a change of fertile material to fissile material in a reactor 3
- noun conversion an alteration to a car engine to improve its performance 3
- noun conversion (as modifier) 3
- noun conversion material alteration to the structure or fittings of a building undergoing a change in function or legal status 3
- noun conversion the unauthorized appropriation of a motor vehicle 3
- noun conversion a converting or being converted 3
- noun conversion a change from lack of faith to religious belief; adoption of a religion 3
- noun conversion a change from one belief, religion, doctrine, opinion, etc. to another 3
- noun conversion an exchange of one kind or class or security for another 3
- noun conversion an exchange of a currency for an equivalent amount of another currency or precious metal 3
- noun conversion an additional scoring opportunity of a point or two, as by kicking, passing, or running with the ball, awarded to a team after it scores a touchdown 3
- noun conversion the score so made 3
- noun conversion a somewhat similar play as in football that scores two points after a try 3
- noun conversion unlawful appropriation or use of another's property, resulting in a deprivation of ownership rights 3
- noun conversion an exchange of property from real to personal, or the reverse, as for settling the terms of a will 3
- noun conversion the interchanging of the terms of a proposition 3
- noun conversion a change in the form of a quantity, a unit, or an expression without a change in the value 3
- noun conversion a mechanism by which emotional conflict is transformed into an apparent physical disability affecting the sensory or voluntary motor systems and having symbolic meaning 3
- noun conversion In a refinery, conversion is cracking and rearranging the molecules in crude oil. 3
- noun conversion The act or an instance of converting or the process of being converted. 1
- noun conversion the act or process of converting; state of being converted. 1
- noun conversion change in character, form, or function. 1
- noun conversion spiritual change from sinfulness to righteousness. 1
- noun conversion change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another. 1
- noun conversion 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. 1
- noun conversion a physical transformation from one material or state to another: conversion of coal, water, and air into nylon. 1
- noun conversion the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation: conversion of francs into dollars. 1
- noun conversion 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. 1
- noun conversion a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change: conversion from oil heat to gas heat. 1
- noun conversion Mathematics. a change in the form or units of an expression. 1
- noun conversion 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.”. 1
- noun conversion Law. unauthorized assumption and exercise of rights of ownership over personal property belonging to another. change from realty into personalty, or vice versa, as in the sale or purchase of land or mining coal. 1
- noun conversion 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. 1
- noun conversion Psychoanalysis. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom. 1
- noun conversion 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). 1
- noun conversion Computers. the process of changing software designed to run on one computer system to run on another. the change from an existing computer system to a new computer system. the act of transferring or copying data stored on one storage medium to another storage medium. the process of changing the base that a number or numbers are written in. 1
- noun conversion the transformation of material from a form suitable for printing by one process to a form suitable for another process: a halftone gravure conversion. 1
- noun conversion process: change in state or form 1
- noun conversion currency, measurement: translating into sth else 1