revolution
13
3.5
- noun
- /ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən/
- Specialized
- After a single revolution of the ride, I felt thrilled and dizzy.
- revolutions per minute
- rotation and revolution
- half revolution
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- So it comes out that we lose one to two atomic layers per revolution.
Examples
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The Earth takes 365 days to complete one full revolution around the Sun.
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The carousel made a complete revolution, and as it came around, I saw that Faye's horse was riderless.
Fiction book (2000) -
Let me let it do a full revolution round and let's see where it ends up.
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Above us, Ursa Major began its revolution through the night sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
In five or six years, however, it generally undergoes an entire revolution.
Academic text (2015) -
One full revolution, OK, OK, That's called a sidereal day.
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The Wonder Wheel turned its sad, slow revolutions as if it were grinding time to a fine dust.
Fiction book (2002) -
The wheel made one complete revolution before coming to a stop.
Synonyms
466
1.0
A change of direction in a road or path
58
2.8
Turning around a central point, for example the Earth spinning once
6
5.8
The number of times an engine turns in one minute
1
8.0
One complete turn, like a wheel or a dancer
1
9.9
A twist or coil around a middle point, like a spiral staircase
Antonyms
Compounds
36
2.7
A war from 1775 to 1783 when thirteen colonies fought Britain and formed the United States
28
2.8
A time when factories and machines change farming villages into industrial towns
21
3.8
A time in France from 1789 to 1799 when people overthrew the king and created new political ideas
17
7.9
A political movement in China that removed old ideas and punished many educated people
8
4.1
A revolution in November 1917 when Lenin's supporters overthrew the government and set up Soviet rule
5
4.0
A period in the 1960s and 1970s when new seeds and fertilizers greatly increased food crops
5
4.1
A revolution in Cuba from 1956 to 1959 that overthrew the government and made it a socialist country
- Formal
3
5.0
A time when new machines and ideas quickly change how people work and live
2
7.3
A revolution in Russia in 1917 when Lenin's Bolsheviks overthrew the temporary government and began communist rule
1
5.0
A ten year period of fighting in Mexico from 1910 to 1920 led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata
1
8.2
The removal of King James II in 1688 that makes Parliament stronger and limits the king
1
4.4
A 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty and created the Republic of China
1
6.1
A 1688 change in England's rulers that made William and Mary king and queen
1
7.7
A 1917 Russian uprising that forced the tsar to give up power and set up a temporary government
A mass political movement led by Mao in China from 1966 to 1976 that attacks intellectuals and causes widespread violence
The change of rulers in 1688–1689 that puts William and Mary on the throne with little violence
- Specialized
A solid made by turning an oval around its middle line, like the Earth
A revolution in March 1917 that removes the czar and leads to a provisional government
How Many
- Specialized
13
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word revolution comes from the Latin parts re- ('back' or 'again') and volvere ('to turn'), the same root as revolve. So a revolution in space is one full 'turn' around a central point, like the Earth going once around the Sun.