Definition of Representation. Meaning of Representation. Synonyms of Representation

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Definition of Representation

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

- Look up representation or represent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Representation may refer to: Representation (politics), political activities undertaken...
- Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected...
- "No taxation without representation" (often shortened to "taxation without representation") is a political slogan that originated in the American Revolution...
- Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest...
- differential geometry, an antifundamental representation of a Lie group is the complex conjugate of the fundamental representation, although the distinction between...
- In mathematics and theoretical physics, a bifundamental representation is a representation obtained as a tensor product of two fundamental or antifundamental...
- Self representation may refer to: Self-image Self-portrait Pro se legal representation in the United States Litigant in person, self-representation in a...
- linguistic representation, a representation of an utterance that uses symbols to represent linguistic information Symbolic (disambiguation) Representation (disambiguation)...
- contrast, a surface representation is the phonetic representation of the word or sound. The concept of an underlying representation is central to generative...
- Equal representation can refer to several topics in democracies: Representation (politics), the methods by which people are represented Apportionment...