Definition of converting:
(v) :
(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
(v) :
(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
(v) :
(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
(v) :
(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
(v) :
(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
(v) :
(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.