REPRESENTATION

Representation

Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements. Signs are arranged in order to form semantic constructions and express relations.

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representation

Noun

  1. That which represents another.
  2. The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
  3. The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
  4. An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces.
  5. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
  6. A theatrical performance.


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