Conversion - Definition
conversion
n 1: an event that results in a transformation [syn:
conversion, 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: conversion, 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