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Revolution

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Noun

1. revolution

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

Example Sentences:
'the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution'

2. revolution

the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

3. gyration, revolution, rotation

a single complete turn (axial or orbital)

Example Sentences:
'the plane made three rotations before it crashed'
'the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Revolution

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noun
1. 
the overthrow or repudiation of a regime or political system by the governed
2. 
(in Marxist theory) the violent and historically necessary transition from one system of production in a society to the next, as from feudalism to capitalism
3. 
a far-reaching and drastic change, esp in ideas, methods, etc
4. 
a. 
movement in or as if in a circle
b. 
one complete turn in such a circle
a turntable rotating at 33 revolutions per minute
5. 
a. 
the orbital motion of one body, such as a planet or satellite, around another
Compare rotation (sense 5a)
b. 
one complete turn in such motion
6. 
a cycle of successive events or changes
7. geology obsolete
a profound change in conditions over a large part of the earth's surface, esp one characterized by mountain building
an orogenic revolution

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Revolution

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noun
1. 
a. 
the movement of an orbiting celestial object, as a star or planet, completely around another object
see also rotation (sense 2)
b. 
apparent movement of the sun and stars around the earth
c. 
the time taken for a body to go around an orbit and return to its original position
2. 
a. 
a turning or spinning motion of a body, shaft, etc. around a center or axis; rotation
b. 
one complete turn of such a rotating body, shaft, etc.
3. 
a complete cycle of events
the revolution of the seasons
4. 
a complete or radical change of any kind
a revolution in modern physics
5. 
overthrow of a government, form of government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means, with another government or system taking its place
the American Revolution (1775), the French Revolution (1789), the Chinese Revolution (1911), the Russian Revolution (1917)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Revolution

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n.
1.
a. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation: the planetary revolution about the sun.
b. A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
c. A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
2. The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
3. A sudden or momentous change in a situation: the revolution in computer technology.
4. Geology A time of major crustal deformation, when folds and faults are formed.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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