Conversion - epilepsy

Japanese: 転換 - てんかん
Conversion - epilepsy
〘noun〙① To change. To change a previous policy or tendency in a different direction. Also, the act of changing in this way. *Haikai/Kuu Kyodai (1694), Vol. 1: "If you use the timeless kuu as a model for the change, your evaluation will be clear." ② (translation of conversion) In psychoanalysis, the expression of repressed inner desires in the form of physical symptoms, such as in hysterical symptoms. ③ The natural uranium-238 and thorium-232 that do not undergo nuclear fission in nuclear fuel absorb neutrons and change into the nuclear fuel materials plutonium-239 and uranium-233. [The Future of Atomic Energy (1947)] ④ To change the stage equipment for the next scene. *Furukawa Roppa's Diary - July 5, 1940 (Showa 15), "Changing the props every time is time-consuming"

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Japanese:
〘名〙① うつしかえること。それまでの方針や傾向などを別の異なった方向に変えること。また、そのように変わること。※俳諧・句兄弟(1694)上「千載不易の句を手本にして転換すなれば、評品つまびらか也」② (conversion の訳語) 精神分析学で、ヒステリー症状のように、抑圧された心の中の願望が身体的症状の形で表出されること。③ 核燃料中の核分裂を起こさない天然のウラン二三八やトリウム二三二が中性子を吸収して核燃料物質のプルトニウム二三九やウラン二三三に変化すること。〔原子力の将来(1947)〕④ 舞台上の装置を、次の場面のために改めること。※古川ロッパ日記‐昭和一五年(1940)七月五日「道具の転換が一々手間どり」

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