Uk English Meaning of revolution
revolution
Other Uk English words related to revolution
Nearest Words of revolution
- revolutionary => revolutionary
- revolutionary armed forces of colombia => Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- revolutionary calendar => revolutionary calendar
- revolutionary calendar month => Revolutionary calendar month
- revolutionary group => Revolutionary group
- revolutionary justice organization => Revolutionary justice organisation
- revolutionary organization 17 november => Revolutionary Organization 17 November
- revolutionary organization of socialist muslims => Revolutionary organization of Muslim socialists
- revolutionary people's liberation front => Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
- revolutionary people's liberation party => Revolutionary People's Liberation Party
Definitions and Meaning of revolution in English
revolution (n)
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
revolution (n.)
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.
FAQs About the word revolution
revolution
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving, the overthrow of a government by those who are governed, a single complete turn (axial or or
curve,rotation,spin,gyration,Reel,roll,spiral,Twirl,twist,wheel
counter-insurgency,Counter-revolution
revolute => revolving, revoluble => revolving, revoltingly => revoltingly, revolting => revolting, revolter => rebel,
