-
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"
-
a
drastic
and
far-
reaching
change
in
ways
of
thinking
and
behaving; "
the
industrial
revolution
was
also
a
cultural
revolution"
-
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.
-
Return
to
a
point
before
occupied,
or
to
a
point
relatively
the
same;
a
rolling
back;
return;
as,
revolution
in
an
ellipse
or
spiral.
-
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
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.
-
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.
-
A
total
or
radical
change;
as,
a
revolution
in
one's
circumstances
or
way
of
living.
-
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
motion
of
a
body,
especially
a
heavenly
body,
in
a
closed
curve
around
a
fixed
point,
or
the
complete
turn
of
the
body
made
in
such
a
course;
as,
the
revolution
of
the
earth
in
its
orbit;
the
motion
of
a
body
in
spinning
on
an
axis;
as,
the
revolution
of
a
wheel;
circuit;
a
decided
and
sudden
change;
as,
a
revolution
in
ideas
or
character;
the
overthrow
of
one
form
of
government
and
the
setting
up
of
another,
by
the
people.
-
Motion
round
a
centre;
rotation;
entire
change
in
government;
revolt.
-
The
act
of
revolving;
motion
around
a
center.
-
A
radical
change
as
of
government.
-
Rotation;
circular
motion
of
a
body
on
its
axis;
the
motion
of
a
body
round
a
centre;
motion
returning
to
the
same
point
or
state;
continued
course,
marked
regular
return;
space
marked
by
some
revolution;
change,
specially
in
the
constitution
of
a
government.
The
Revolution,
that
which
issued
on
the
expulsion
of
the
Stuarts
from
the
throne
of
England.
-
The
motion
of
a
body
round
any
fixed
point
or
centre;
motion
or
course
of
anything
which
brings
it
back
to
the
same
state
or
point;
change
or
alteration
of
system;
a
change
in
the
constitution
of
a
country;
in
Eng.
hist.
that
change
which
placed
William
and
Mary
on
the
throne,
A.
D.
1688;
That
of
the
U.
States,
beginning
1775;
that
of
France,
the
first
or
great
Revolution,
1789.
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