revolution: meaning and definitions

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What is revolution?

What is revolution?

  • Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation: the planetary revolution about the sun.
  • A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
  • A single complete cycle of such orbital or axial motion.
  • The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
  • A sudden or momentous change in a situation: the revolution in computer technology.
  • Geology A time of major crustal deformation, when folds and faults are formed.

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