conversion (n.)

  1. an event that results in a transformation

    [ Syn: transition , changeover ]

  2. a change in the units or form of an expression: conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade'

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

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

    [ Syn: rebirth , spiritual rebirth ]

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

  6. a change of religion; his conversion to the Catholic faith'

  7. interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

  8. act of exchanging one type of money or security for another

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

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