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CONVERSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
Synonyms:
conversion; rebirth; spiritual rebirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 2
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 3
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)
Sense 4
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 5
Meaning:
A change in the units or form of an expression:
Example:
conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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 6
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 7
Meaning:
A change of religion
Example:
his conversion to the Catholic faith
Classified under:
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 8
Meaning:
An event that results in a transformation
Synonyms:
changeover; conversion; transition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
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 9
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)
Context examples:
The alternative pathway starts with the spontaneous conversion of C3 to an active protease.
(Alternative Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Atamestane binds irreversibly to and inhibits the enzyme aromatase, thereby blocking the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors into estrogens.
(Atamestane, NCI Thesaurus)
Unlike traditional nonselective NSAIDs, meloxicam preferentially inhibits the activity of cyclo-oxygenase II (COX-II), resulting in a decreased conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandin precursors.
(Meloxicam, NCI Thesaurus)
As a first generation NSAID inhibitor, oxaprozin binds to and inactivates both isoforms of cyclooxygenase (COX-1 and-2), thereby blocking the conversion of arachidonic acid to pro-inflammatory prostaglandins.
(Oxaprozin, NCI Thesaurus)
Potassium oxonate inhibits orotate phosphoribosyltransferase, which catalyzes the conversion of 5-FU to its active or phosphorylated form, FUMP.
(Oteracil Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
Oxitriptan may exert its antidepressant activity via conversion to serotonin or directly by binding to serotonin (5-HT) receptors within the central nervous system (CNS).
(Oxitriptan, NCI Thesaurus)
This prevents the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins, which are involved in the regulation of pain, inflammation, and fever.
(Parecoxib, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration and conversion from CEP-9722, CEP-8983 selectively binds to PARP 1 and 2, preventing repair of damaged DNA via base excision repair (BER).
(PARP Inhibitor CEP-9722, NCI Thesaurus)
The formation of bone or of a bony substance; the conversion of fibrous tissue or of cartilage into bone or a bony substance.
(Ossification, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes ornithine decarboxylase protein, is involved in the conversion of ornithine to putrescine in the first step of the polyamine biosynthesis pathway.
(ODC1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
