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Webster 1913 Edition

Representation

Repˊre-sen-ta′tion

(-z?n-t?′sh?n)
,
Noun.
[F.
repr[GREEK]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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Representation

REPRESENTA'TION

, n.
1.
The act of representing, describing or showing.
2.
That which exhibits by resemblance; image, likeness, picture or statue; as representations of God.
3.
Any exhibition of the form or operations of a thing by something resembling it. A map is a representation of the world or a part of it. The terrestrial globe is a representation of the earth. An orrery is a representation of the planets and their revolutions.
4.
Exhibition, as of a play on the stage.
5.
Exhibition of a character in theatrical performance.
6.
Verbal description; statement of arguments or facts in narration, oratory, debate, petition, admonition, &c.; as the representation of a historian, of a witness or an advocate.
7.
The business of acting as a substitute for another; as the representation of a nation in a legislative body.
8.
Representatives, as a collective body. It is expedient to have an able representation in both houses of congress.
9.
Public exhibition.
10.
The standing in the place of another, as an heir, or in the right of taking by inheritance.

Definition 2024

representation

representation

See also: représentation

English

Alternative forms

Noun

representation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural representations)

  1. That which represents another.
    The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.‎
  2. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
    People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.‎
  3. (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.‎
  4. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
  5. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
  6. A theatrical performance.

Quotations

  • 1637, Henry Lawes, dedication to Lawes’s edition of Milton’s 1634 masque, Comus, final sentence
    Live, ſweet Lord, to be the honour of your name, and receive this as your own, from the hands of him, who hath by many favours beene long obliged to your moſt honoured parents, and as in this repræſentation your attendant Thyrſis, ſo now in all reall expreſſion
    Your faithfull and moſt humble Servant,
    H. Lawes.d

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • faithful representation (mathematics)
  • representation space

Related terms

Translations

External links

  • representation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • representation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Old French representacion, from Latin representatio.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • IPA(key): /ˌrɛp.rə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/

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