conversion
(noun)
a change between different units of measurement for the same quantity.
Examples of conversion in the following topics:
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Differences Between Public Speaking and Conversation
- Speeches and public addresses are far more organized than everyday conversation.
- Conversations can wander and meander without ever coming to a point.
- Speeches are deliberately structured and organized, whereas conversations are not.
- You hear the phrase "strike up a conversation" more than you hear "strike up a speech" because conversations are far more spontaneous than public speeches.
- Conversations can spring up anywhere.
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Calculating the Cash Flow Cycle
- =Inventory conversion period + Receivables conversion period – Payables conversion period
- Receivables conversion period = Avg.
- Payables conversion period = Avg.
- There are five important intervals, referred to as conversion cycles (or conversion periods):
- Knowledge of any three of these conversion cycles permits derivation of the fourth (leaving aside the operating cycle, which is just the sum of the inventory conversion period and the receivables conversion period. )
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Converting Units
- Converting between units can be done through the use of conversion factors or specific conversion formulas.
- Conversion of units is the conversion of different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically using conversion factors.
- There are several ways to approach doing conversions.
- Each conversion factor is equivalent to the value of one.
- EASY Unit Conversion in the Metric System - This simple extra help video tutorial explains the metric system and how to make simple metric conversions.
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Deciphering the Conversation
- Once you've chosen a topic and an academic conversation with which to engage, the next step is to research that conversation more deeply in order to develop and inform your own point of view.
- When entering the conversation that surrounds your topic, it is easy to feel lost in a sea of voices.
- However, it is important to decipher the conversation relevant to your writing.
- One way to make the conversation more approchable is to narrow your topic, make it more specific, in order to reduce the parameters of who your argument is in conversation with.
- Explain the value of research and its relation to the academic conversation on your topic
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Short-Term Approach
- The most widely used measure of cash flow is the net operating cycle or cash conversion cycle.
- The cash conversion cycle indicates the firm's ability to convert its resources into cash and informs management of the liquidity risk entailed by growth .
- While a firm could even achieve a negative cash conversion by collecting from customers before paying suppliers, a policy of strict collections and lax payments is not typically sustainable.
- The aim of the study and calculation of the cash conversion cycle is to change the policies relating to credit purchase and credit sales.
- A firm can change its standards for payment on credit purchases and getting payment from debtors on the basis of cash conversion cycle.
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Involuntary Conversion
- Involuntary conversion of assets occurs when disposal is due to unforeseen circumstances, such as theft or casualty.
- Unlike a voluntary sale, involuntary conversion of assets can involve an asset exchange for monetary or non-monetary assets .
- An involuntary conversion involving an exchange for monetary assets is accounted for the same way as a typical sales transaction, with a gain or loss reported in the income statement in the period the conversion took place.
- An airplane manufacturer's involuntary conversion of a plane can result in a loss or gain on the income statement.
- Explain how a company accounts for the involuntary conversion of an asset
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Mass-to-Mass Conversions
- Mass-to-mass conversions cannot be done directly; instead, mole values must serve as intermediaries in these conversions.
- The ratio of the coefficients of two of the compounds in a reaction (reactant or product) can be viewed as a conversion factor and can be used to facilitate mole-to-mole conversions within the reaction.
- Therefore, for a mass-to-mass conversion, it is necessary to first convert one amount to moles, then use the conversion factor to find moles of the other substance, and then convert the molar value of interest back to mass.
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Strategy for General Problem Solving
- To do this, one uses a conversion factor.
- Don't forget that if need be, you can flip a conversion factor.
- The conversion can be reversed by dividing the hours by 24 to get days.
- The reciprocal 1/24 could be considered the reverse conversion factor for an hours-to-days conversion.
- The term "conversion factor" is the multiplier, not divisor, which yields the result.
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Convertible Stock
- The conversion can also be based on the occurrence of certain conditions, such as the stock's market price appreciating to a predetermined level, or the requirement that the conversion take place by a certain date.
- The conversion is exercised at the security holder's discretion.
- The shareholder can also sell the original security and use the conversion feature as a favorable selling point .
- The conversion feature adds an option of acquiring common shares, which has certain advantages, such as voting rights.
- The value of the conversion feature is not reported due to the uncertainty of when the conversion may occur, if at all.
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Activity Ratios
- Cash Conversion Cycle - Inventory Conversion Period + Receivable Conversion Period - Payable Conversion Period