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representation
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)
- That which represents something else.
- The act of representing.
- We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.
- (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- (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.
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- 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)
- (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
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prefiguration
English
Alternative forms
- præfiguration (archaic)
Etymology
From Late Latin praefigurationem, nominative form of praefiguratio.
Noun
prefiguration (countable and uncountable, plural prefigurations)
- A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
- 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
- Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited
- 1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
- Something that prefigures.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prefiguration”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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