representation

noun

1. 1

   That which represents something else.

   “The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.”

2. 2

   The act of representing.

   “We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.”

3. 3

   The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

   “People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.”

4. 4

   The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

   “The lack of representation in the British parliament was one of the main factors behind the American Revolution.”

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

   A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.

7. 7

   A theatrical performance.