conversion
1
7.5
- noun
- /kənˈvɜrʒən/
- Specialized
:
conversión
- The teacher explained that conversion is a crucial operation in predicate logic.
Examples
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For a statement to be valid in logic, the process of conversion must interchange the original subject and predicate.
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One is the turn to the subject, another is conversion, a third is doctrine, and the last is the good of order.
Academic text (2002) -
None involved an attempt to rebut the presumption of abuse in Chapter 7 after conversion.
Academic text (2017) -
The tropical forest thrives because it is generally contiguous, but climate change and a continuing legacy of land conversion raise serious concerns among scientists assessing the future of the Amazon.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, according to Violino (1998), IBM's euro conversion costs will exceed its Y2K costs.
Academic text (1999) -
The potential also exists for type conversion from forest to a different vegetation type (e.g., shrubland or grassland) following some high-severity fires (figure 2).
Academic text (2011) -
Thus, the long-term effects of high-severity fire and the potential for type conversion have substantial implications for the carbon balance of dry temperate forests (Figure 2).
Academic text (2011) -
In logic class, we learned that conversion involves switching the subject and predicate of a proposition.
Compounds
- Specialized
2
7.8
A condition where emotional stress causes loss of movement or feeling without a medical cause
- Specialized
1
4.0
A number used to multiply an amount in one unit to get the same amount in another unit
- Archaic
1
9.3
Bodily problems like paralysis or blindness that come from emotional stress and have no physical cause
- Specialized
1
3.6
To change information from one format to another so it works in a new system
- Archaic
A condition where strong emotions cause physical symptoms without a medical cause
A change in religion near the end of someone's life, often adopting a new faith
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conversion comes from Latin con- and vertere meaning 'to turn', so the idea is 'turning'. In logic, a conversion is the 'turning' of a statement when you swap its subject and predicate.