Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 13 compound words that contain conversions. The most common are listed below. Open conversions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- metric conversionsplural of metric conversion: A conversion to the use of the metric system; a metrification.
- type conversionsplural of type conversion: changing an entity from one datatype to another according to explicit or implicit rules.
- two-point conversionsplural of two-point conversion: An option, for a team that has scored a touchdown, to gain two points by getting the ball into the end zone by a running or pass play, in lieu of a kicked extra point.
- alpha conversionsplural of alpha conversion: One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, in which a bound variable of a lambda term is replaced by another variable across its entire scope. So if there is a lambda term of the form (λx.t) and it is …
- total conversionsplural of total conversion: A mod that uses the game engine of an existing video game but significantly alters gameplay, assets, setting, etc. to the extent it is considered an entirely different game (and may be commercially marketed as a …
- eta conversionsplural of eta conversion: One of the three rewrite rules of lambda calculus, which expresses a sort of tautology about function application. The rule says that a lambda abstraction of the form (λx.(fx)) may be rewritten as simply f …
- widening conversionsplural of widening conversion: A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is the same or greater than the old one’s, guaranteeing that there will be no loss of information.
- Pauline conversionsplural of Pauline conversion: The conversion of Paul the Apostle to Christianity on the road to Damascus.
- narrowing conversionsplural of narrowing conversion: A conversion from one data type to another where the new data type’s size is smaller than the old one’s, such that the conversion may result in loss of information.
- death bed conversionsplural of death bed conversion: Acceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.
- deathbed conversionsplural of deathbed conversion: Acceptance of religious belief immediately before one dies, typically in a state of anxiety or fear of the insecurity of what will happen to one in and after death.
- backfile conversionsplural of backfile conversion: The scanning of a backfile and subsequent saving in a digital format.
- Damascene conversionsplural of Damascene conversion: A sudden and complete change in one's beliefs.
Compound words 13
- autoconversionsplural of autoconversion: automatic conversion
- bioconversionsplural of bioconversion: The conversion of biological material into usable products; but especially the conversion of biomass into biofuel
- cardioconversionsplural of cardioconversion: cardioversion
- downconversionsplural of downconversion: The interaction of a photon with a medium in which it is converted into two photons of lower frequencies such that energy is conserved.
- hydroconversionsplural of hydroconversion: A form of hydrocracking in which hydrogenation and cracking occur simultaneously
- immunoconversionsplural of immunoconversion: The conversion of an existing immune response to respond to a new allergen
- interconversionsplural of interconversion: Reciprocal or mutual conversion.
- misconversionsplural of misconversion: Incorrect conversion.
- photoconversionsplural of photoconversion: photochemical conversion
- retroconversionsplural of retroconversion: conversion back to a previous (typically an original) form