Representation may refer to:
Law and politics
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Representation (politics)
Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens. This definition of political representation is consistent with a wide variety of vi ...
, political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories
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Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a group of people
* Representation, in contract law a pre-contractual statement that may (if untrue) result in liability for
misrepresentation
* Labor representation, or worker representation, the work of a
union representative who represents and defends the interests of fellow labor union members
* Legal representation, provided by a barrister, lawyer, or other
advocate
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, ...
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Lobbying or interest representation, attempts to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials
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No taxation without representation", a 1700s slogan that summarized one of the American colonists' 27 colonial grievances in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
* Permanent representation, a type of
diplomatic mission
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Representation (arts)
Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else.Mitchell, W. 1995, "Representation", in F Lentricchia & T McLaughlin (eds), ''Critical Terms for Literary Study'', 2nd edn, University of Chicago Press, Chica ...
, use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else
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''Representation'' (journal), an academic journal covering representative democracy
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Depiction
Depiction is reference conveyed through pictures. A picture refers to its object through a non-linguistic two-dimensional scheme, and is distinct from writing or notation. A depictive two-dimensional scheme is called a picture plane and may be cons ...
, non-verbal representation through two-dimensional images (pictures) of things seen, remembered or imagined
Cognitive science
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Representation (psychology)
A mental representation (or cognitive representation), in philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, is a hypothetical internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality, or else a mental process that ...
, a hypothetical 'internal' cognitive symbol that represents external reality
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Knowledge representation
Knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR, KR&R, KR²) is the field of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to representing information about the world in a form that a computer system can use to solve complex tasks such as diagnosing a medic ...
, the study of formal ways to describe knowledge
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Representation theory (linguistics), a theoretical framework in generative linguistics
Mathematics
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Representation (mathematics), a very general relationship that expresses similarities between objects
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Group representation, describes abstract groups in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces
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Lie algebra representation
In the mathematical field of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices (or endomorphisms of a vector space) in such a way that the Lie bracket is g ...
, a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices in such a way that the Lie bracket is given by the commutator
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Multiple representations (mathematics education), ways to symbolize, to describe and to refer to the same mathematical entity
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Representation of a Lie group, a linear action of a Lie group on a vector space
Other uses
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Representation (chemistry), graphic representation of the molecular structure of a chemical compound
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Social representation, a stock of values, ideas, beliefs, and practices that are shared among the members of groups and communities
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Representative sample
In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset (a statistical sample) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population. Statisticians attempt ...
in statistics
See also
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Data visualization
Data and information visualization (data viz or info viz) is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the graphic representation of data and information. It is a particularly efficient way of communicating when the data or information is num ...
, the creation and study of the visual representation of data
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Reprazent
Roni Size & Reprazent (stylised as Roni Size / Reprazent) are a British drum and bass group fronted by Roni Size. Their debut album ''New Forms'' won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Their follow-up album ''In the Møde'' featured artists inclu ...
, a British drum and bass group
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Represent (disambiguation)
Represent may refer to:
* ''Represent'' (Compton's Most Wanted album) or the title song, 2000
* ''Represent'' (Fat Joe album), 1993
* ''Represent'', an album by DJ Magic Mike, 1994
* "Represent" (song), by Nas, 1994
* "Represent", a song by the ...
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