representation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
law
mathematics
politics
sciences
Etymology: From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: representations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: repræsentation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: That which represents something else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.
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[…]
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.
gloss: The act of representing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.
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.
gloss: The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
gloss: The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.
gloss: The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A theatrical performance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: represent
representable
representamen
representant
Derived words: corepresentation
faithful representation
group representation constituency
lodge solemn representation
metarepresentation
microrepresentation
misrepresentation
multirepresentation
nonrepresentation
overrepresentation
proportional representation
pseudorepresentation
representational
representationary
representationism
representationist
representationless
representation space
representation term
representation theorist
representation theory
ribbon representation
somatorepresentation
Stone's representation theorem
subrepresentation
time-frequency representation
under-representation
underrepresentation
unrepresentation
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