Rēp're-şen-tā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. représentation, Pr. representation, Sp. representacion, It. rappresentazione, Lat. representatio.]

1. The act of representing, describing, or showing.
2. That which represents; as, (a.) A picture, model, or other fac-simile; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. (b.) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet. (c.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate. (d.) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.

Syn.—Description; show; delineation; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.