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

Conversion \Con*ver"sion\, n. [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert.]
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.

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