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10 Language-to-English DictionariesRepresentation-system
/ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnteɪʃən ˈsɪstəm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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An organized framework or method used to symbolize, store, and communicate information, concepts, or sensory data.
"Human languages serve as a primary representation-system for complex thoughts and abstract ideas." - 2
In neuro-linguistic programming and psychology, the preferred sensory channel (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) through which an individual processes information.
"Therapists often listen for linguistic cues to identify a client's dominant internal representation-system."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of representation, stemming from Latin repraesentare (to exhibit, display), and system, from Late Latin systēma, originating from ancient Greek systēma (a body organized as a whole). The hyphenated compound gained prominence in cognitive science, linguistics, and information technology during the mid-to-late 20th century to describe structured frameworks used to encode and communicate data or mental constructs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Representation-system" is said worldwide
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système de représentation
Transliteration: sistɛm də ʁəpʁezɑ̃tasjɔ̃
"Le langage est un système de représentation complexe."
Repräsentationssystem
Transliteration: ʁɛpʁezɛntatˈtsi̯oːnˌzɪstɛm
"Jedes Medium nutzt ein eigenes Repräsentationssystem."
sistema di rappresentazione
Transliteration: sistema di rapprezenˈtattsione
"La mappa mentale è un efficace sistema di rappresentazione."
sistema de representación
Transliteration: sistema de reprèsentasión
"El arte funciona como un sistema de representación cultural."
sistema de representação
Transliteration: sistemɐ dɨ ʁɨpɾezɐ̃tɐˈsɐ̃w
"A escrita é um sistema de representação visual da fala."
प्रतिनिधि प्रणाली
Transliteration: pratinidhi pranali
"मानव मस्तिष्क सूचना के लिए एक जटिल प्रतिनिधि प्रणाली का उपयोग करता है।"
表示系统
Transliteration: biǎoshì xìtǒng
"计算机使用二进制代码作为底层的表示系统。"
표상 체계
Transliteration: pyosang chegye
"인간은 각자 고유한 감각적 표상 체계를 가지고 있다."
表象系
Transliteration: hyōshōkei
"言語は思考を伝えるための主要な表象系である。"
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