Definition of conversion

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Conversion (n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles..

Lern More About Conversion

Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
Saponifiable :: Saponifiable (a.) Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance..
Liquefaction :: Liquefaction (n.) The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat..
Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..
Calorescence :: Calorescence (n.) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.
Reconversion :: Reconversion (n.) A second conversion.
Marmorosis :: Marmorosis (n.) The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble..
Pelagian :: Pelagian (n.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles..
Fining :: Fining (n.) The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire..
Petrifaction :: Petrifaction (n.) The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) 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..
Unconversion :: Unconversion (n.) The state of being unconverted; impenitence.
Diastatic :: Diastatic (a.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province..
Amylolytic :: Amylolytic (a.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment..
Digestion :: Digestion (n.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood..
Convertend :: Convertend (n.) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic)..
Labialism :: Labialism (n.) The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language..
Secularization :: Secularization (n.) The act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property..
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