2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Presentation \Pres`en*ta"tion\, n. [L. praesentatio a showing,
representation: cf F. pr['e]sentation.]
1. The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a
setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere
desires. --Hooker.
2. Hence exhibition; representation; display; appearance;
semblance; show
Under the presentation of the shoots his wit.
--Shak.
3. That which is presented or given a present; a gift, as
the picture was a presentation. [R.]
4. (Eccl.) The act of offering a clergyman to the bishop or
ordinary for institution in a benefice; the right of
presenting a clergyman.
If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the
clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him
--Blackstone.
5. (Med.) The particular position of the child during labor
relatively to the passage though which it is to be brought
forth; -- specifically designated by the part which first
appears at the mouth of the uterus; as a breech
presentation.
{Presentation copy}, a copy of a book, engraving, etc.,
presented to some one by the author or artist, as a token
of regard.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
presentation
n 1: the activity of presenting something
2: the act of making something publicly available; presenting
news or other information by broadcasting or printing it
"he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"
3: the act of presenting something "he gave the customer a
demonstration" [syn: {presentment}, {demonstration}]
4: the act of presenting a proposal
5: a visual representation of something [syn: {display}]
6: formally making a person known to another or to the public
[syn: {introduction}, {intro}]
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