different between representation vs expression

English

Etymology 1

From Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentatio.

Alternative forms

• repræsentation (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• IPA^(key): /???p.??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (countable and uncountable, plural representations)

1. That which represents something else.
2. The act of representing.

   We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.

3. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

4. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

5. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
6. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
7. A theatrical performance.

Synonyms

• (image, form): likeness

Derived terms

• faithful representation (mathematics)
• representation space
• under-representation, underrepresentation

Related terms

• represent
• representable
• representamen
• representant

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? presentation.

Alternative forms

• re-presentation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.p??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (plural representations)

1. (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.

References

• representation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• representation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• representation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• representation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• repenetrations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sp???.?n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: ex?pres?sion

Noun

expression (countable and uncountable, plural expressions)

1. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
2. A particular way of phrasing an idea.
3. A colloquialism or idiom.

4. A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:expression.

5. (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
6. (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
7. (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
8. A specific blend of whisky.
9. (biology) The act of pressing or squeezing out.

   expression from a gland

   the expression of milk from the mammaries

10. (music) The tone of voice or sound in music.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• expression pedal

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French expression, borrowed from Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp??.sj??/

Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. expression

Derived terms

Related terms

• exprimer

Further reading

• “expression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression (plural expressiones)

1. expression

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expressi?, expressi?nem (“a pressing out”).

Noun

expression f (plural expressions)

1. (Jersey) expression