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  REVOLUTION, n.  In politics, an abrupt change in the form of
  misgovernment.  Specifically, in American history, the substitution of
  the rule of an Administration for that of a Ministry, whereby the
  welfare and happiness of the people were advanced a full half-inch. 
  Revolutions are usually accompanied by a considerable effusion of
  blood, but are accounted worth it -- this appraisement being made by
  beneficiaries whose blood had not the mischance to be shed.  The
  French revolution is of incalculable value to the Socialist of to-day;
  when he pulls the string actuating its bones its gestures are
  inexpressibly terrifying to gory tyrants suspected of fomenting law
  and order.
  
  

  Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r['e]volution, L. revolutio.
     See Revolve.]
     1. The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a
        center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line;
        rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the
        earth on its axis, etc.
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     2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point
        relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as,
        revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
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              That fear
              Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution,
              On my defenseless head.               --Milton.
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     3. The space measured by the regular return of a revolving
        body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a
        measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.
        ``The short revolution of a day.'' --Dryden.
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     4. (Astron.) The motion of any body, as a planet or
        satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to
        the same point again, or to a point relatively the same;
        -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical,
        sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point
        of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year,
        the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the
        revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of
        the moon about the earth.
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     Note: The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the
           motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own
           axis, but this motion is usually called rotation.
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     5. (Geom.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a
        point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that
        a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface
        (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a
        solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution
        of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides
        generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the
        diameter generates a sphere.
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     6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's
        circumstances or way of living.
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              The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily
              produced a complete revolution throughout the
              department.                           --Macaulay.
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     7. (Politics) A fundamental change in political organization,
        or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or
        renunciation of one government, and the substitution of
        another, by the governed.
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              The violence of revolutions is generally
              proportioned to the degree of the maladministration
              which has produced them.              --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: When used without qualifying terms, the word is often
           applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The
           English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and
           Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James
           II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by
           which the English colonies, since known as the United
           States, secured their independence. (c) The revolution
           in France in 1789, commonly called the French
           Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country
           being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of
           1830, of 1848, etc.
           [1913 Webster]

  Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r['e]volution, L. revolutio.
     See Revolve.]
     1. The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a
        center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line;
        rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the
        earth on its axis, etc.
  
     2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point
        relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as,
        revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
  
              That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful
              revolution, On my defenseless head.   --Milton.
  
     3. The space measured by the regular return of a revolving
        body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a
        measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.
        ``The short revolution of a day.'' --Dryden.
  
     4. (Astron.) The motion of any body, as a planet or
        satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to
        the same point again, or to a point relatively the same;
        -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical,
        sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point
        of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year,
        the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the
        revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of
        the moon about the earth.
  
     Note: The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the
           motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own
           axis, but this motion is usually called rotation.
  
     5. (Geom.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a
        point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that
        a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface
        (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a
        solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution
        of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides
        generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the
        diameter generates a sphere.
  
     6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's
        circumstances or way of living.
  
              The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily
              produced a complete revolution throughout the
              department.                           --Macaulay.
  
     7. (Politics) A fundamental change in political organization,
        or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or
        renunciation of one government, and the substitution of
        another, by the governed.
  
              The violence of revolutions is generally
              proportioned to the degree of the maladministration
              which has produced them.              --Macaulay.
  
     Note: When used without qualifying terms, the word is often
           applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The
           English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and
           Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James
           II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by
           which the English colonies, since known as the United
           States, secured their independence. (c) The revolution
           in France in 1789, commonly called the French
           Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country
           being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of
           1830, of 1848, etc.

  revolution
       n 1: a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and
            behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural
            revolution"
       2: the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
       3: a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made
          three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the
          earth about the sun takes one year" [syn: rotation, gyration]

  revolution
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ πολιτική en) η επανάσταση
     2 η περιστροφή

  Revolution
     Γερμανικά n.
     επανάσταση

  revolution
     Interlingua n.
     #English
     n.
     1 A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by
  great change.
     2 The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden
  violent action.
     3 rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete
  turn of an object during rotation.

  Revolution
     n.
     (ellipsis of en American Revolution)

  revolution
     n.
     1 A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by
  great change.
     2 The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden
  violent action.
     3 rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete
  turn of an object during rotation.

  Revolution
     n.
     (ellipsis of en American Revolution)

  revolution
     n.
     1 A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by
  great change.
     2 The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden
  violent action.
     3 rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete
  turn of an object during rotation.
     Swedish n.
     c a #English (upheaval, replacement of government, sudden change)

  Revolution
     n.
     (ellipsis of en American Revolution)

  revolution
     Interlingua n.
     #English
     n.
     1 A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by
  great change.
     2 The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden
  violent action.
     3 rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete
  turn of an object during rotation.

  Revolution
     n.
     (ellipsis of en American Revolution)

  revolution
     Ruotsi n.
     vallankumous, mullistus

  Revolution
     Saksa n.
     vallankumous

  revolution
     n.
     1 plötslig och stor omvälvning av de bestående förhållandena
     2 plötslig ändring av styrelse eller statsskick medelst olagliga
  metoder
     3 (tagg: ålderdomligt) ett varv i ett mekaniskt system, särskilt i
  system rörande himlakroppar

  Revolution
     Tyska n.
     revolution

  revolution
     n.
     1 plötslig och stor omvälvning av de bestående förhållandena
     2 plötslig ändring av styrelse eller statsskick medelst olagliga
  metoder
     3 (tagg: ålderdomligt) ett varv i ett mekaniskt system, särskilt i
  system rörande himlakroppar

  revolution /ʁˌεʋʔolʔuʃˈʔon/
  revolution

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  революция 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  επανάσταση 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːluːtsjˈoːn/ 
  revolution 
        "die Industrielle Revolution"  - the Industrial Revolution
     Synonym: Umwälzung
  
   see: Revolutionen, Umwälzungen, Französische Revolution, Novemberrevolution 1918, Oktoberrevolution, Große Sozialistische Oktoberrevolution
  

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  vallankumous 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  révolution 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  revolusi 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːlˌuːtsɪˈoːn/
  şoreş

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːlˌuːtsɪˈoːn/
  omwenteling, revolutie

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  rewolucja 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːlˌuːtsɪˈoːn/
  revolução

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  революция 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  revolución 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /ʁevoluˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  revolution 2.
  eine im Gegensatz zur Evolution sehr schnelle Umwälzung oder Neuerung auf wissenschaftlichem, künstlerischem oder sozialem Gebiet
   3.
  eine (oft) gewaltsame und große Änderung eines bestehenden gesellschaftlich-politischen Zustandes

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːlˌuːtsɪˈoːn/ 
  devrim

  Revolution /rˌeːvoːlˌuːtsɪˈoːn/ 
  ihtilal

  Revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  الثورة

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  1. револю́ция, революция 2.
  political upheaval
   3.
  removal and replacement of a government
  2. върте́не
  turning of an object around an axis

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  revoluce

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  otáčka

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  obrátka

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  otáčka

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  chwildroad 

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  chwyldro 

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  Auflehnung 

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  Revolution , Umwälzung 
   see: revolutions, French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, November Revolution of 1918, October revolution, Great October Socialist Revolution
  

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  Umdrehung 
        "revolutions/kilometer"  - Umdrehungen/Kilometer
        "revolutions per minute"  - Umdrehungen pro Minute (U/min)
        "revolutions per second"  - Umdrehungen pro Sekunde
     Synonym: rev
  
   see: revolutions, revs
  

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  Umlauf , Kreislauf , Umdrehung  [astron.]
           Note: um eine Achse/einen anderen Himmelskörper
   see: revolutions
  
           Note: around an axis/another celestial body

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  1. vallankumous 2.
  political upheaval
   3.
  removal and replacement of a government
   4.
  sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline
  2. kierros
  traversal of one body through an orbit around another body
  3. kierros, pyörähdys
  turning of an object around an axis

  revolution /revəluːʃən/
  révolution

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/ 
  1. क्रांति
        "The French revolution of 1789."
  2. नक्षत्र~का~परिभ्रमण
        "The earth completes one revolution each day."
  3. महत्व~पूर्ण~परिवर्तन
        "The present revolution in church architecture is remarkable."
  4. पूरा~चक्कर, परिभ्रमण
        "Hour hand completes one revolution in sixty minutes."

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  jedan okret zemlje oko sunca, obrtaj, okret, preokret, prevrat, puč, revolucija

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  1. forgás
  2. keringés
  3. forradalom
  4. gyökeres átalakulás
  5. körforgás
  6. szabályos ismétlôdés
  7. fordulat

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  revolusi 2.
  political upheaval
   3.
  sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline
   4.
  turning of an object around an axis
   5.
  removal and replacement of a government

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  1. 革命, 改革
  political upheaval
  2. 革命 2.
  removal and replacement of a government
   3.
  sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline
  3. 公転
  traversal of one body through an orbit around another body
  4. 回転, 革命
  turning of an object around an axis

  revolution /revəluːʃən/
  omwenteling, revolutie

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  revolusjon 2.
  political upheaval
   3.
  removal and replacement of a government
   4.
  sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline

  revolution /ˌrevəˈlu:ʃən/ 
   1.  rewolucja
   2.  obrót

  revolution /revəluːʃən/
  revolução

  revolution //ˌɹɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən// 
  1. vridning
  2. revolution 2.
  political upheaval
   3.
  removal and replacement of a government
   4.
  sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline
  3. rotation 2.
  traversal of one body through an orbit around another body
   3.
  turning of an object around an axis

  revolution /ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən/
  1. dönme, devir
  2. bir cismin bir merkez etrafında dönmesi
  3. bir gezegenin güneş etrafında dönmesi
  4. devir süresi, devre
  5. inkılâp, devrim, fikir devrimi, hal ve kıyafetlerin değişmesi
  6. devlet yönetiminin tamamen değiştirilmesi
  7. ihtilâl, isyan. revolutionism  devrim taraftarlığı. revolutionist  devrimci, inkılâpçı. revolutionize  tamamen değiştirmek.

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  революция 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  1. Revolution 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick
  2. Umdrehung
  varv

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  επανάσταση 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˈeːviːsˌɔr/
  revolution

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  vallankumous 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  révolution 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  rivoluzione 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  革命, 改革 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  res novae 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  revolutie 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  revolusjon 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  rewolucja, przewrót 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  revolução 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  революция 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  revolución 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  revolution /rˌeːvuːlʉsxˈuːn/ 
  devrim, ihtilal 2.
  omvälvning
   3.
  ändring i statsskick

  
/ˌʁe(ː).vo.luˈtsi̯oːn/

  
/ˌɹɛvəˈɫuʃən/

  
/rɛvʊlɵɧ'uːn/

  206 Moby Thesaurus words for "revolution":
     Fabianism, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment,
     alteration, ambit, amelioration, anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism,
     anarchy, angular momentum, angular motion, angular velocity,
     antinomianism, apostasy, arsis, axial motion, beat, betterment,
     bout, bowling, break, breakup, capsizal, capsize, cataclysm,
     centrifugation, change, change of heart, changeableness, chaos,
     circle, circuit, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotation,
     circumvolution, civil disorder, confusion, constructive change,
     continuity, conversion, coup d'etat, course, crack-up,
     criminal syndicalism, culbute, cycle, defection, degeneration,
     degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, diastole,
     difference, diffusion, discontinuity, disintegration, disorder,
     disorderliness, disorganization, dispersal, disruption,
     dissolution, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity,
     downbeat, emeute, exfoliation, extremism, fitting, flip-flop,
     fragmentation, full circle, general uprising, gradual change,
     gradualism, gyration, gyre, improvement, insurgence, insurgency,
     insurrection, jacquerie, lap, levee en masse, loop, lynch law,
     melioration, meliorism, metamorphosis, misrule, mitigation,
     mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, modification, modulation, mutiny,
     nihilism, ochlocracy, orbit, outbreak, overset, overthrow,
     overturn, peasant revolt, pirouette, pivoting, primal chaos,
     progressivism, pulse, putsch, qualification, radical change,
     radical reform, radicalism, re-creation, realignment, rebellion,
     redesign, reel, reeling, reform, reformation, reformism,
     regeneration, remaking, renewal, reorganization, reshaping,
     restructuring, reversal, revisionism, revival, revivification,
     revolt, revolute, revolve, riot, rising, roll, rolling, rotation,
     rotational motion, round, round trip, rounds, scaling, scattering,
     series, shake-up, shattering, shift, somersault, somerset, spell,
     spill, spin, spinning, subversion, sudden change, swinging,
     swirling, switch, swiveling, syndicalism, systole, take-over,
     thesis, tohubohu, total change, tour, transformation, transition,
     trolling, trundling, turbination, turmoil, turn, turnabout,
     turning, turnover, twirl, unruliness, upbeat, upheaval, uprising,
     upset, upturn, utopianism, variation, variety, violent change,
     volutation, volution, walk, wheel, wheeling, whir, whirl, whirling,
     worsening
  
  

  n. 革命,大变革,旋转;

     n. 革命,变革;旋转,运转,公转;周期