5. revolution a turning round or rotating, as on an axis.
6. revolution a moving in a circular or curving course, as about a central point.
7. revolution a single cycle in such a course.
8. revolution the orbiting of one heavenly body around another.
9. revolution (not in technical use) the rotation of a heavenly body on its axis.
10. revolution a single course of such movement.
11. revolution a cycle of events in time or in a recurring period of time.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME revolucion < LL revolūtiō= L revolū-, var. s. of revolvere to roll back (see revolve ) +-tiō -tion)
Definition of 'revolution'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)revolution a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
2. (noun)revolution the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
3. (noun)rotation, revolution, gyration 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"
1. (noun)revolution when people fight against a government to get rid of it the French revolution
2. revolution an extreme change in the way sth is done The Internet has brought about a revolution in knowledge sharing.
3. revolution the movement of sth around a central point an engine turning at 3000 revolutions per minute
Definition of 'revolution'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)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
2. (noun)revolution return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral
3. (noun)revolution 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
4. (noun)revolution 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
5. (noun)revolution 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. (noun)revolution a total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living
7. (noun)revolution 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
Definitions of 'revolution'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. revolution a sudden change for most part in the constitution of a country in consequence of internal revolt, particularly when a monarchy is superseded by a republic, as in France in 1789, in 1848, and 1870, that in 1830 being merely from one branch of the Bourbon family to another, such as that also in England in 1658. The French Revolution of 1798 is the revolution by pre-eminence, and the years 1848-49 were years of revolutions in Europe.
Definitions of revolution 
Afrikaans: revolusie
Arabic: ثَوْرَه
Bulgarian: революция
Brazilian: revolução
Czech: revoluce
German: die Revolution
Danish: revolution
Greek: επανάσταση
Spanish: revolución
Estonian: revolutsioon
Farsi: انقلاب
Finnish: vallankumous
French: révolution
Hebrew: מַהפֵיכָה
Hindi: क्रांति
Croatian: revolucija
Hungarian: forradalom
Indonesian: revolusi
Icelandic: bylting
Italian: rivoluzione
Japanese: 革命
Korean: 혁명
Lithuanian: revoliucija
Latvian: revolūcija
Malay: pemberontakan
Dutch: revolutie
Norwegian: revolusjon
Polish: rewolucja
Persian: انقلاب
Pashto: انقلاب، سياسى او ښتون: بل
Portuguese: revolução
Romanian: revoluţie
Russian: революция
Slovak: revolúcia
Slovenian: revolucija
Serbian: revolucija
Swedish: revolution
Thai: การปฏิวัติ
Turkish: ihtilâl, devrim
Taiwanese: 革命
Ukrainian: революція
Urdu: انقلاب
Vietnamese: cuộc cách mạng
Chinese: 革命
