conversion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an event that results in a transformation
    transition; changeover.
  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
    rebirth; spiritual rebirth.
  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

WordNet

Con*ver"sion noun
Etymology
L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert.
Definitions
  1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
    Artificial conversion of water into ice. Bacon.
    The conversion of the aliment into fat. Arbuthnot.
  2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." Prescott.
  3. (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.
    Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.
  4. (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
  5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
  6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
  7. (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.
    He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. Milton.

Webster 1913