the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
a change in character, form, or function.
a change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another.
a thoroughgoing spiritual change that involves repentance and a turn toward God or right living.
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.
a physical transformation from one material or state to another: conversion of coal, water, and air into nylon.
the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation: conversion of yen into dollars.
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.
a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change: conversion from oil heat to gas heat.
Mathematics. a change in the form or units of an expression.
Logic. the transposition of the subject and predicate of a proposition, as âNo good man is unhappyâ becomes by conversion âNo unhappy man is good.â
Law. - unauthorized assumption and exercise of rights of ownership over personal property belonging to another.
- a change from realty into personalty, or vice versa, as in the sale or purchase of land or the mining of coal.
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.
Psychoanalysis. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom.
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). Digital Technology. a performance metric for a website that counts the percentage of visitors that engage in the intended purpose of the site, as making a purchase or signing a petition: The site was redesigned to simplify user interactions and optimize conversion.
Computers. - Also called data conversion . the act or process of transferring data from one format into another.
- Also called media conversion . the act of transferring or copying stored data from one storage medium to another.
- porting1.
- Also called system conversion . the change from an existing computer system to a new computer system.
- the process of changing the base that a number or numbers are written in.
the transformation of material from a form suitable for printing by one process to a form suitable for another process: a halftone gravure conversion.