interpretation

noun9

1. •
   An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
2. •
   A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.

   • Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
3. •
   An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
4. •
   The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).

   • I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point. — 1994
5. •
   An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
6. •
   The power of explaining.
7. •
   Short for heritage interpretation
8. •
   An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
9. •
   An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.