conversion

noun

1. an event that results in a transformation
2. a change in the units or form of an expression:
3. a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
4. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
6. a change of religion"his conversion to the Catholic faith"
7. interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
8. act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
9. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another