conversion

IPA: kʌnvˈɝʒʌn

The act of converting something or someone.
(computing) A software product converted from one platform to another.
(chemistry) A chemical reaction wherein a substrate is transformed into a product.
(rugby) A free kick, after scoring a try, worth two points.
(American football) An extra point (or two) scored by kicking a field goal or carrying the ball into the end zone after scoring a touchdown.
(marketing) An online advertising performance metric representing a visitor performing whatever the intended result of an ad is defined to be.
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.
(linguistics) The process whereby a new word is created without changing the form, often by allowing the word to function as a new part of speech.
(obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
(logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or vice versa.
(mathematics) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition.
(slang, board games) Changing a miniature figure into another character, usually by mixing different parts, or molding the model's parts, or doing both.

Examples of "conversion" in Sentences

There is no Hindu equivalent of what we call conversion.
The great change in conversion is wrought upon the will, and consists in the resignation of that to the will of Christ.
The vehicle of their conversion is the child Adam as well as the miracles that God performed during the boy's final hours.
The term conversion by negation has been arbitrarily limited to the exact inferential procedure of permutation followed by simple conversion.
The development of the individual through these spiritual or religious stages is that process to which we most properly give the name conversion.
This, then, is his deliverance from darkness, his final triumph over darkness, what we call his conversion; for himself the most important of all epochs.
The fact that Ehrman only mentions fear of Hell when talking about his conversion is as telling as what he doesn't mention: namely repentance of sin, and the love of Christ.
The source of their conversion is here stated to be God's prevenient grace. for they shall return -- Repentance, though not the cause of pardon, is its invariable accompaniment: it is the effect of God's giving a heart to know Him.