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Conversion or convert may refer to:


Arts, entertainment, and media

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The Convert ''The Convert'' is a 2023 historical film, historical drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne and Te Kohe Tuhaka. The script for the film was written by Tamahori and Shane Danielsen from a story ...
'', a 2023 film produced by Jump Film & Television and Brouhaha Entertainment * "Conversion" (''Doctor Who'' audio), an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman'' * "Conversion" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * "The Conversion" (''The Outer Limits''), a 1995 episode of the television series ''The Outer Limits'' * " Chapter 19: The Convert", an episode of the television series ''The Mandalorian''


Business and marketing

* Conversion funnel, the path a consumer takes through the web toward or near a desired action or conversion * Conversion marketing, when a website's visitors take a desired action * Converting timber to commercial
lumber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...


Computing, science, and technology

* Conversion of units, conversion between different units of measurement


Computing and telecommunication

* CHS conversion of data storage, mapping cylinder/head/sector tuples to linear base address * CPS conversion, in computer science, changing the form of continuation-passing * Code conversion, in telecommunication, converting from one code to another * convert (command), a command-line utility in the Windows NT operating system * Convert, a command-line (graphics) image manipulation utility that is part of ImageMagick *
Data conversion Data conversion is the conversion of computer data from one format to another. Throughout a computer environment, data is encoded in a variety of ways. For example, computer hardware is built on the basis of certain standards, which requires ...
, conversion of computer data from one format to another ** Transcoding, analog-to-analog or digital-to-digital conversion of one video encoding to another * Type conversion, in computer science, changing the data type of a value into another data type


Other sciences

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Conversion (chemistry) Conversion and its related terms yield and selectivity are important terms in chemical reaction engineering. They are described as ratios of how much of a reactant has reacted (''X'' — conversion, normally between zero and one), how much of a ...
, the ratio of selectivity to yield or the change of a molecule * Electric vehicle conversion, modification of a conventional vehicle to battery electric * Energy conversion, the process of changing one form of energy to another * Internal conversion, a radioactive decay process


Economics, finance, and property law

* Conversion (exchange), the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another *
Conversion (law) Conversion is an intentional tort consisting of "taking with the intent of exercising over the Personal property, chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner's right of possession". In England and Wales, it is a tort of strict liability ...
, a voluntary act by one person inconsistent with the ownership rights of another * Conversion (options), an options-trading strategy in options arbitrage * Economic conversion, a technical, economic and political process for moving from military to civilian markets * Equitable conversion, a change in the nature of property so that real property is treated as personal property


Psychiatry

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Conversion disorder Conversion disorder (CD) was a formerly diagnosed psychiatric disorder characterized by abnormal sensory experiences and movement problems during periods of high psychological stress. Individuals diagnosed with CD presented with highly distressin ...
, a condition in which neurological symptoms arise without a definable organic cause *
Conversion therapy Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. Methods that have ...
, a pseudo-scientific treatment to turn a homo- or bisexual person into a heterosexual person


Religion

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Religious conversion Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliatin ...
, the adoption of a new religious identity **
Deathbed conversion A deathbed conversion is the adoption of a particular religious faith shortly before dying. Making a Religious conversion, conversion on one's :wikt:deathbed, deathbed may reflect an immediate change of belief, a desire to formalize longer-ter ...
, a form of religious conversion **
Forced conversion Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion may continue, covertly, to adhere to the beliefs and practices which were originally held, w ...
, forced adoption of a new religious identity ** Marital conversion, a form of religious conversion ** Secondary conversion, a form of religious conversion ** Psychology of religious conversion, psychological aspect of religious conversion * Conversion to Buddhism, religious conversion to Buddhism * Conversion to Christianity, religious conversion to Christianity ** Conversion of Paul the Apostle, personal conversion of Paul of Tarsus ** Conversion of Constantine, personal conversion of emperor Constantine ** Conversion to Catholicism, religious conversion to the Catholicism ** Conversion of non-Christian places of worship into churches, conversion into churches * Conversion to Hinduism, religious conversion to Hinduism * Conversion to Islam, religious conversion to Islam ** Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam, conversion within Islam in Iran ** Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques, conversion into mosques * Conversion to Judaism, religious conversion to Judaism *
Conversion of the Jews Conversion of the Jews may refer to the: * Conversions of Jews to Christianity * Conversion of the Jews (future event) See also *"The Conversion of the Jews", 1958 short story by Phillip Roth, included in the collection '' Goodbye, Columbus'' ...
, religious conversion of the Jewish people * History of Jewish conversion to Christianity, conversion of the Jews to Christianity


Sports

* Conversion (gridiron football), in American or Canadian football an opportunity to score an additional point following a touchdown ** Two-point conversion, a gridiron football conversion to score two points * Track and field athletics, an estimate of what a performance which has been measured in one system of measurements would have been if it had been measured in the other system * Try#Conversion, in rugby, a kick at goal to convert a try into a larger set of points


Other uses

* Conversion (barn), conversion of old farming barns to commercial or residential use * Conversion (logic), reversing the two parts of a categorical or implicational statement * Conversion (word formation), the creation of a word from an existing word without any change in form * Conversion of CBD to THC * Miniature conversion, altering the appearance of a miniature or model from the standard version


See also

* Converter (disambiguation) * Translation (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation