Definitions of conversion:

  • noun:   a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
  • noun:   a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
  • noun:   the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
  • noun:   act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
  • noun:   a change in the units or form of an expression
    Example: "Conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade"
  • noun:   interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
  • noun:   a change of religion
    Example: "His conversion to the Catholic faith"
  • noun:   an event that results in a transformation
  • noun:   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis