representation
Etymology 1
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Etymology 1
From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
representation
- That which represents something else.
- The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.
- The act of representing.
- We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.
- (legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution.
- (mathematics) An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A theatrical performance.
- A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
- (image, form) likeness
- German: Darstellung, Verkörperung
- Italian: rappresentazione
- Portuguese: representação
- Spanish: representación
- Italian: rappresentanza
- Spanish: representación
- Italian: rappresentanza
- French: représentation
- Italian: rappresentazione
- Portuguese: representação
- Spanish: representación
- French: représentation
- Italian: rappresentazione
- Spanish: representación
From re- + presentation.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌɹiː.pɹə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
representation (plural representations)
- (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.
- rates of representation to the emergency department
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