representation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: representations
form: repræsentation
Etymology: From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.
text: The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
ref: 2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:
text: Chinese censors have long targeted representations of Winnie the Pooh - created by British author A.A. Milne - over internet memes that compare the fictional bear to China's president.
ref: 2023 April 10, Sarah Wu, Yew Lun Tian, Fabian Hamacher, Yimou Lee, “A punch in the face for Xi caricature: Taiwan air force badge goes viral”, in Gareth Jones, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023:
glosses: That which represents something else.
examples: text: We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.
text: That's according to a report published in The Guardian on New Year's Eve in which several regional leaders, including Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram, were highly critical of the apparent lack of northern representation in the decision-making process.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Vere admits to Lords: IRP lacks information”, in RAIL, number 948, page 11:
glosses: The act of representing.
glosses: The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
examples: text: People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.
topics: law
glosses: The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
examples: text: The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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.
glosses: A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
glosses: A theatrical performance.
glosses: A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
Synonyms: sense: image, form
word: likeness
Derived terms: word: corepresentation
topics: mathematics
sciences
word: faithful representation
word: group representation constituency
word: lodge solemn representation
word: metarepresentation
word: microrepresentation
word: misrepresentation
word: multirepresentation
word: nonrepresentation
word: overrepresentation
word: proportional representation
word: pseudorepresentation
word: representational
word: representationary
word: representationism
word: representationist
word: representationless
word: representation space
word: representation term
word: representation theorist
word: representation theory
word: ribbon representation
word: somatorepresentation
word: Stone's representation theorem
word: subrepresentation
word: time-frequency representation
word: under-representation
word: underrepresentation
Related terms: represent
representable
representamen
representant