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representation
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rep·re·sen·ta·tion
/ ˌrepriˌzenˈtāshən; -zən-/
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n.
1.
the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented:
asylum-seekers should be guaranteed good legal advice and representation.
2.
the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way or as being of a certain nature:
the representation of women in newspapers.
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the depiction of someone or something in a picture or other work of art:
Picasso is striving for some absolute representation of reality.
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a thing, esp. a picture or model, that depicts a likeness or reproduction of someone or something:
a striking representation of a vase of flowers.
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(in some theories of perception) a mental state or concept regarded as corresponding to a thing perceived.
3. (representations)
formal statements made to a higher authority, esp. so as to communicate an opinion or register a protest:
certain church groups are making strong representations to our government.
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a statement or allegation:
any buyer was relying on a representation that the tapes were genuine.
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Different representations in instruction of vertical angles.
Magazine article from: Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...equal arms" representations and one type...different arms" representation (see Figure...equal arms" representations the lengths...equal arms" representations, respectively...different arms" representation, however...
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Representation, poeticity, and reading in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: French Forum; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Studies of the epistemology of representation(1) in the writings of JeanJacques...Rousseau's description of representation's evolution as a category...discourse. In this approach, representation comes into being through a...
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Representation and its Relationship with Cartographic Visualization.
Magazine article from: Cartography and Geographic Information Science; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...contemporary cartographic representation, the variation in...the tasks to which representations are applied. Research...cartography and its representation types and methods...the viewer). Such representations differ substantially...geospatial information representation and exploration are...
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Representation: An Important Process for Teaching and Learning Mathematics.
Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...strategies and representations to solve...What Is Representation? Representation...fig. 1), representation is given...graders used representations to model...problem. Each representation gave the...problem. Such representations are essential...
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Conflicting representations: Lani Guinier and James Madison on electoral systems.
Magazine article from: Constitutional Commentary; 12/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...racial spoils system. Proportional representation (PR) permits persons to choose their...10) The virtue of proportional representation is that such electoral systems minimize...discussion about Guinier's notion of representation and the probable impact of proportional...
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Representation, self-representation, and the passions in Descartes.
Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...in her discussion of representation in sensory ideas...presented in and though representations.(4) This model of representation is particularly designed...determine the reliability of representations within ideas. For this...
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Representation of identities and the politics of representation in cognition.
Magazine article from: Alfa: Revista de Lingüística; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...politics of representation as an essential...People make representations". There...available representations that together...nature of representation will put...hallmark of all representations. Cognition...nature of representation Researchers...
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Using representations for teaching and learning in science.
Magazine article from: Teaching Science; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...This second group of representations enables students...teachers' use of representations to support student...dimensional pictorial representation of two cows (Figure...be made between a representation in a sign (for example...this way, student representations and their revision...
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Representation from Above: Members of Parliament and Representative Democracy in Sweden.
Magazine article from: American Political Science Review; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...University of Twente, The Netherlands Representation from Above is an impressive and important...impressive series of studies on political representation by scholars at the University of Gothenburg...or helped to initiate, political representation studies in a number of Western European...
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Representations of scene layout can consist of independent, functional pieces
Magazine article from: Perception and Psychophysics; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...structural constraint in representations of scene layout...suggest that scene representation is more top down...were overcome within representations, but not within...critical for scene representation (e.g., Grossberg...within functional representations of scene layout...
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Representation
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...In the simplest terms, representation in contemporary sociocultural...Stuart Hall points out in Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices (1997, p. 17), representation constitutes the link between...
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Representation in Postcolonial Analysis
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...language and representations. The term representation embodies a range...well; cultural representations get embodied...politics of representation, then, revolve...self and its representations and reproduction...
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Mental Representation
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Mental Representation Humans are surrounded by representations. Some of...positing mental representations (albeit...importance of representation in thought...content of a representation is determined...of mental representations. As an analogy...
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Idea/Representation
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...considered as a representation or as a system of representations of a particular...the unconscious representation "delegates" the...the desire to a representation or a group of representations that can enter consciousness...
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Legal Representation
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
LEGAL REPRESENTATION The legal work that a licensed attorney...attorney's reputation. Self-Representation If a case is simple, a person may...courts usually discourage self-representation because legal practice requires...
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