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Representation
Representation Rep`re*sen*ta"tion (-z?n-t?"sh?n), n. [F.
repr?sentation, L. representatio.]
1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
2. That which represents. Specifically:
(a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a
representation of the human face, or figure, and the
like.
(b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical
representation; a representation of Hamlet.
(c) A description or statement; as, the representation of
an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
(d) The body of those who act as representatives of a
community or society; as, the representation of a
State in Congress.
(e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made
orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk
is affected, or either party is influenced.
3. The state of being represented.
Syn: Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness;
resemblance; exhibition; sight.
Meaning of Representation from wikipedia
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Representation may
refer to:
Representation (politics),
political activities undertaken by
elected representatives, as well as
other theories Representative...
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Proportional representation (PR)
characterizes electoral systems in
which divisions in an
electorate are
reflected proportionately in the
elected body...
- The
World as Will and
Representation (WWR; German: Die Welt als
Wille und Vorstellung, WWV) is the
central work of the
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer...
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Representation theory is a
branch of
mathematics that
studies abstract algebraic structures by
representing their elements as
linear transformations of...
- A
mental representation (or
cognitive representation), in
philosophy of mind,
cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and
cognitive science, is a hypothetical...
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Political representation is the
activity of
making citizens "present" in
public policy making processes when
political actors act in the best interest...
- In mathematics, the
Gelfand representation in
functional analysis (named
after I. M. Gelfand) is
either of two things: a way of
representing commutative...
- In the
mathematical field of
representation theory,
group representations describe abstract groups in
terms of
bijective linear transformations (i.e. automorphisms)...
- An
intermediate representation (IR) is the data
structure or code used
internally by a
compiler or
virtual machine to
represent source code. An IR is designed...
- "No
taxation without representation" is a
political slogan that
originated in the
American Revolution, and
which expressed one of the
primary grievances...
