English word representation comes from Latin repraesento (I display, exhibit or show. I represent, depict.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| repraesento | Latin (lat) | I display, exhibit or show. I represent, depict. |
| repraesentatio | Latin (lat) | Representation. Showing, exhibiting. |
| representacion | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| representation | English (en) | (legal) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak [...] |