CONVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conversion mean? 

• CONVERSION (noun)
  The noun CONVERSION has 9 senses:

1. an event that results in a transformation

2. a change in the units or form of an expression:

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

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: CONVERSION used as a noun is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that results in a transformation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

changeover; conversion; transition

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

glycogenesis (the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand)

isomerisation; isomerization (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

rectification (the conversion of alternating current to direct current)

Derivation:

convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A change in the units or form of an expression:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

data conversion (conversion from one way of encoding data to another way)

digitisation; digitization (conversion of analog information into digital information)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

extra point; point after; point after touchdown (in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown)

Derivation:

convert (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conversion; rebirth; spiritual rebirth

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

proselytism (the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A change of religion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

his conversion to the Catholic faith

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

Christianisation; Christianization (conversion to Christianity)

Derivation:

convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Sense 8

Meaning:

Act of exchanging one type of money or security for another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

exchange; interchange (reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

unitisation; unitization (conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust)

Derivation:

convert (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("conversion" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conversion"):

afforestation (the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting))

dressing (processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather)

transmutation; transubstantiation (an act that changes the form or character or substance of something)

Derivation:

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

 Context examples 

Amitivir inhibits the conversion of inosine monophosphate to xanthosine monophosphate, the rate-limiting step in the de novo biosynthesis of guanine nucleotides, leading to inhibition of cell proliferation.

(Amitivir, NCI Thesaurus)

Originally used as an anticonvulsant, aminoglutethimide also blocks adrenal steroidogenesis by inhibiting the enzymatic conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone.

(Aminoglutethimide, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to cytarabine, a more prolonged, consistent cytarabine-mediated therapeutic effect may be achieved with ancitabine because of the slow hydrolytic conversion of ancitabine to cytarabine.

(Ancitabine, NCI Thesaurus)

Apricoxib binds to and inhibits the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), thereby inhibiting the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins.

(Apricoxib, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that inhibits aromatase, an enzyme responsible for the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors into estrogens.

(Aromatase inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminocaproic acid competitively reduces the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin by plasminogen activators.

(Aminocaproic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Application of the amyloid beta-peptide A beta induces the conversion of p35 to p25 in primary cortical neurons.

(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Upon conversion of alestramustine to estramustine, estramustine binds to microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) and beta tubulin, thereby interfering with microtubule dynamics and leading to microtubule disassembly and cell cyle arrest.

(Alestramustine, NCI Thesaurus)

The specificity of MR for aldosterone is provided by 11beta-HSD2 by the rapid conversion of cortisol to cortisone in renal cortical collecting duct cells.

(Aldosterone-Regulated Sodium Reabsorption Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

By inhibiting the activity of renin, the conversion to AT I is prevented, which in turn prevents the conversion of AT I to AT II.

(Aliskiren, NCI Thesaurus)