Representation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- IPA: /ˌrɛp.rə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
Alternative forms
- repræsentation archaic
Full definition of representation
Noun
representation
(plural representations)- That which represents another.The w
- (legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.
- (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.
- (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces.
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A theatrical performance.