Definition of revolution in English:

revolution

noun rɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n

1A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
革命，彻底变革
the country has had a socialist revolution
Example sentencesExamples
- This was necessitated by the severe economic problems the country faced in the aftermath of the civil war and the defeat of socialist revolutions in Europe.
- Some of these revolutions were socialist, others capitalist; all were strongly nationalist.
- Neither of those things would have been any different, had they had a revolution in favour of democratic government instead of communist.
- Young believers in the Fascist revolution began to turn towards Communism as an alternative.
- In 1979 the US-backed dictator in Nicaragua, Antonio Somoza, was overthrown by a popular revolution.
- Simultaneous revolutions and uprisings erupted in several countries across Europe.
- The clearest example was in Russia in the successful workers' revolution in 1917.
- The 1979 revolution overthrew a vicious dictatorial regime supported by the West.
- 23 years later, in 1917, the Russian Revolution inspired other revolutions and uprisings throughout Europe.
- By the end of the war, Woodrow Wilson hoped for a liberal revolution in Germany, whereas the Bolsheviks anticipated a socialist revolution.
- In 1848 the British establishment watched in horror as revolution swept across Europe.
- In 1924, when the Turkish revolution overthrew the Ottomans, the caliphate was abolished.
- Immediately after a revolution or a dramatic change of government there are some exuberant examples of patriotic art.
- There was enormous economic and social unrest, a weak parliamentary system and the fear of a socialist revolution.
- I was trying to start a workers' revolution in Glasgow.
- The Iranian Islamic revolution also must be understood in all its complexity.
- They regard the 1917 Russian revolution as merely a capitalist revolution overthrowing feudalism.
- No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism.
- The vortex of wars and revolutions swept away all paper evidence of his education.
Synonyms
rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, rioting, rising, insurgence, insurgency, coup, overthrow, seizure of power, regime change
subversion, sedition, anarchy, disorder, protest, strike, act of resistance, act of defiance
French coup d'état
German putsch
rare jacquerie
1. 1.1 (in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism.
  （马克思主义）共产主义革命
  when I grew up it was the Marxism that was very strong, it was like the revolution was coming next week
  Example sentencesExamples
  For an organisation that claims to lead the world revolution, they have nothing.
  So without further ado, grab your hard hat and let the revolution begin!
  Ikea will be first up against the wall when the Revolution comes, hopefully.
  How can a party whose principles rest on an international workers' revolution advance socialist policies in a bourgeois political system?
  My father was adamant that change could not come about without a violent revolution and a proletarian dictatorship.
  Here's a new addition to the List of People Who Will Be Up Against the Wall When the Revolution Comes.
  As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point.
  They also claim to be bringing about a new world order… a revolution of sorts.
  Violent revolution to overthrow the capitalist system in favour of complete social justice will follow.
  All that is required to subvert the revolution is to put a for sale sign up in front of its symbols, at which point it is assimilated.
  They, too, saw a need to keep the Kadets on the side of the Revolution.
  The workers' revolution would thus usher in a lasting age of genuine Utopia.
  Want to do your bit for the Revolution and stand up for the kids?
  In Cuba, Elián was hailed as the child-hero of the Revolution.
  But the Revolution has not yet fulfilled its tasks.
  Louis was now a prisoner of the Revolution and an enemy of the Revolution.
2. 1.2 A dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation.
  marketing underwent a revolution
  市场营销经历了一场巨变。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The technological computer telecommunications revolution is equally responsible.
  The tools of the much-hyped communications and information technology revolution bring people closer together and drive them further apart.
  Rapid technological advances have also fueled the revolution in business affairs.
  The sexual revolution has swept up young adults in a perilous tailspin.
  But as in TV, the digital revolution is coming in radio.
  Most of Ireland missed out on the first industrial revolution of the late eighteenth century.
  This is also a cultural question, and Nigeria needs as much a revolution in attitudes and thinking as it does in new legislation or new measures.
  Identifying the structure of DNA triggered a revolution in biology that is still continuing today.
  Infinite Data Storage is now close to starting another technological revolution in digital recording technology.
  In the women's game, an even greater revolution of sorts was sprung.
  Record companies have finally begun to embrace the digital revolution started by the first incarnation of Napster.
  The arts and crafts movement began in Britain in reaction to the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century.
  Who are the innovators leading the next tech revolution?
  The book helped to spark a cultural revolution.
  The civil rights revolution of the 1960s presents the relevant object lesson.
  The molecular genetics revolution of the 1960s swept up many of the brightest young minds.
  A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare.
  The materials revolution led to a dramatic and sudden decrease in the cost of building bridges up to 1000m in span a decade ago, and as a consequence we have seen these new kinds of bridges cropping up everywhere.
  While there may be a few scattered news operations that the revolution has not yet touched, the profession has undergone a technological transformation.
  After utterly destroying the once thriving Indian textile industry, Britain sparked its own industrial revolution.
  Synonyms
  dramatic change, radical change, drastic/radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway
  reorganization, restructuring, reformation, remodelling, rearrangement, reorientation, regrouping, redistribution
  upheaval, upset, disruption, convulsions, cataclysm
  informal shake-up
  North American informal shakedown
  humorous transmogrification
2An instance of revolving.
旋转
one revolution a second
每秒钟一转。
Example sentencesExamples
- The car is fitted with a six-speed close ratio gearbox but thanks to the high amount of torque developed at low revolutions, the car should be very flexible.
- Once it had completed a full revolution (ie moved forward 26 places), it would kick the middle rotor forward one position.
- Spinning the sample a million or more revolutions per minute does the job.
- AFT's Bob Brooks noted that with a standard hat, the rpm of the engine at the track's top end is 300 revolutions faster than the driveshaft.
- After completing a number of revolutions, the carousel began to slow and came to a stop.
- When you have a hamster in your head than runs on its wheel at 300 revolutions a second, you certainly don't have to plan your stand-up act.
- In theory, pulsars could remain intact at speeds as high as 1,000 to 3,000 revolutions per second.
- So if, for example, W = 2, that means that the diameter of the tube after a single revolution is twice what it was one whorl before.
- Most millisecond pulsars hover around the 300 revolutions per second mark, and the fastest spinning pulsar ever detected clocked in at 641 rps.
- The starter motor spun the crankshaft through a few revolutions, easily resisting the cold, gluey oil that clings to the bearings and cylinder walls.
- From statistical analysis of 11 pulsars, they concluded that the maximum speed seen in nature must be below 760 revolutions per second.
- The core of the bowling ball, coupled with the revolutions and rotation one applies, determines where the track is.
- Get the biggest you can afford, with at least 7,200 revolutions per minute.
- I was able to complete a few tumbling revolutions before collapsing into a skidding heap.
- I was amazing to see a stadium wave last two complete revolutions.
- The researchers initiated this process by feeding their rotors with ATP, and saw them revolve under the microscope at around five revolutions per second.
- The Blazer also has a maximum power of 138 horsepower at 5,600 revolutions per minute (rpm).
- In initial tests, some of the biomolecular motors spun their propellers for more than two hours, at eight revolutions per second.
- Details were recorded of the number of steps taken per minute, the number of hours that the convicts turned the wheel, the height of the steps, the number of revolutions turned in a day, and certain other data.
- It is important that a vehicle's wheels make a complete revolution, i.e., turn full circle over the material.
Synonyms
single turn, turn, rotation, circle, whirl, twirl, spin, wheel, roll, round, cycle, circuit, lap
1. 2.1mass noun The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or centre.
  revolution about the axis of rotation
  Example sentencesExamples
  He noted that if the bob was drawn back and released then it followed an elliptical path, and moreover the major axis rotated in the direction of revolution exactly as did the apsides of the moon's orbit.
  He determined the least angular velocity about its axis for which steady motion of a solid of revolution can be stable.
  This was due to an erroneous assumption, i.e., that the stalk has a figure of revolution of a circular arc.
  There are three distinct types of spiric surfaces depending whether the axis of revolution cuts the circle, it a tangent to the circle, or is outside the circle.
  In this work Dionysodorus calculates the volume of a torus and shows that it is equal to the product of the area of the generating circle with the length of the circle traced by its centre rotating about the axis of revolution.
  The Earth's tides are mainly created by the force of the Moon's orbit, along with the Earth's own revolution and gravitational pull from the Sun.
  He explained eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, announced the sphericity of the earth and its diurnal revolution on its axis.
  Since the original papers the shape of the stalk was not calculated but rather postulated to be the figure of revolution of a circular arc.
  Earth has also tidally locked the Moon, leaving it with identical periods of rotation on its axis and revolution around Earth.
  Synonyms
  turning, gyration, rotation, circumrotation, wheeling, turning around, circling, whirling, twirling, spinning, swivelling, rolling, orbital motion, orbiting, orbit
  rare circumgyration
2. 2.2 A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or centre.
  near the solar equator the sun takes about 26 days to complete one revolution
  Example sentencesExamples
  How long does it take the International Space Station to complete a revolution of the earth?
  For the number of revolutions of the apsis and node of the moon per mahayuga, Aryabhata I proposed 488219 and 232226, respectively.
  This can be rounded up to 2.5 years per sign or 30 years for one revolution around the zodiac.
  We on Earth get to see the same side of the Moon as its rotational period around its axis and revolution period around the Earth are the same.
  Later the revolution of the planet Jupiter was also used in Hindu astronomy.
  Before I do this, I have to revisit science concepts and make sure I understand orbits, rotations, revolutions and seasons.
  Eight years after the transit the Venus would have completed almost exactly 12 full revolutions of the sun.
  My stomach dropped out from underneath me more than once as we were thrown up in the air and even completed a full revolution.
  The moon completes its revolution around the earth in exactly 29.5 days, an astronomical phenomenon as certain as the day after night until the day of the Qiyamah.
  Krazy Krab attaches numbers to the days, making the world turning on its axis, each revolution, incredibly important.
  Since the rotations and revolutions of the moon were different from Earth, an artificial sky, sun, and moon were set up to simulate Earth.
  He orders us into his Landrover and we skid across the causeway, the water rising with every revolution of the wheels, splashing above the windscreen.
  Each year is still equivalent to the sidereal period of the Earth, one revolution around the Sun.
  It stayed in orbit around the Moon for 20 hours, and made ten revolutions of our only satellite.
  The third day concerned the earth's annual motion around the sun, and of course certain phenomena involving both the daily rotation and the annual revolution.
  A complete revolution of the earth takes approximately 24 hours.
  For example, the Hilda asteroids circle the Sun three times for every two revolutions of Jupiter.
  This almost certainly indicates that Sedna is spinning, completing a revolution every 20 days.
  He believed that the tides are caused by the periodic reinforcement and opposition of two motions of the Earth - its annual revolution around the sun and its daily rotation on its axis.
  The chambers, furthermore, would all move, the lowest completing a revolution once a year, the second once a month, the uppermost once a day.

Derivatives

revolutionism

noun ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪz(ə)mˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɪzəm

But it conveys on Godard's part an unearned sense of being let down by them; like his revolutionism, his disillusionment with revolution has something brattish about it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet by and large, today's Shiite clerics in Iraq view the revolutionism of their predecessors as outdated, and few yearn to implement those designs in Iraq.
- The spontaneous revolutionism of the masses was, by contrast, fully exploited by the anarchists, who in 1881 set up the Federation of Workers of the Spanish Region.
- He attacked the CIA and the Congress for Cultural Freedom with a savage vengeance that rekindled the revolutionism of his youth.
- From the anarchism of his youth to the apocalyptic Catholicism of later years, McAuley always found it hard to resist the lure of revolutionism.

revolutionist

noun ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪstˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)nəst

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is only later, when the revolutionists have established themselves in power, that people see their obsessions were a mirage.
- They were what used to be called insurrectionists, but they probably wouldn't have minded being called Marxist and/or anarchist rebels, revolutionists, liberationists… you get the sort of thing.
- ‘Remember, remember always,’ he said, ‘that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.’
- The New City rooms have been essential live venues since their opening in 1997, drawing everyone from the legendary Bad Brains to Czech revolutionists Uz Jsme Doma, while serving as an incubator for some of Edmonton's finest acts.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere 'roll back' (see revolve).

Definition of revolution in US English:

revolution

nounˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)nˌrevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n

1A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
革命，彻底变革
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1924, when the Turkish revolution overthrew the Ottomans, the caliphate was abolished.
- The clearest example was in Russia in the successful workers' revolution in 1917.
- 23 years later, in 1917, the Russian Revolution inspired other revolutions and uprisings throughout Europe.
- Simultaneous revolutions and uprisings erupted in several countries across Europe.
- In 1979 the US-backed dictator in Nicaragua, Antonio Somoza, was overthrown by a popular revolution.
- Young believers in the Fascist revolution began to turn towards Communism as an alternative.
- This was necessitated by the severe economic problems the country faced in the aftermath of the civil war and the defeat of socialist revolutions in Europe.
- There was enormous economic and social unrest, a weak parliamentary system and the fear of a socialist revolution.
- The vortex of wars and revolutions swept away all paper evidence of his education.
- The Iranian Islamic revolution also must be understood in all its complexity.
- They regard the 1917 Russian revolution as merely a capitalist revolution overthrowing feudalism.
- I was trying to start a workers' revolution in Glasgow.
- The 1979 revolution overthrew a vicious dictatorial regime supported by the West.
- No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism.
- By the end of the war, Woodrow Wilson hoped for a liberal revolution in Germany, whereas the Bolsheviks anticipated a socialist revolution.
- In 1848 the British establishment watched in horror as revolution swept across Europe.
- Immediately after a revolution or a dramatic change of government there are some exuberant examples of patriotic art.
- Neither of those things would have been any different, had they had a revolution in favour of democratic government instead of communist.
- Some of these revolutions were socialist, others capitalist; all were strongly nationalist.
Synonyms
rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, rioting, rising, insurgence, insurgency, coup, overthrow, seizure of power, regime change
1. 1.1the RevolutionUS The American Revolution.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A Jacob Schwartz and a Samuel Schwartz fought in the Revolution in Pennsylvania.
  If I made a mosaic of George Washington composed of images of the American dead from the Revolution, would viewers likely take that image as an indictment of Washington?
  No one should diminish the radical nature of the Revolution and American independence, but the American nation was in many respects not new.
  I think Jimmy and I learned more about the Revolution and the Czars than we did the three R's.
  As John Adams said, the Revolution had occurred in the minds and hearts of Americans before the incident at Concord Bridge.
  Similar processes were at work in America after the Revolution, and especially after the civil war.
  Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the Revolution America was no longer available.
  I've read a fair amount of American military history, and my sense is that war reporting has been an integral part of every American war since the Revolution.
  Even the first settlement of America corresponds with the character of the Revolution.
  Taxation without representation is one of the things the Americans fought the British over, back during the Revolution.
  What he showed was that at the time of the Revolution, consumerism exploded in the U.S.
2. 1.2often the Revolution (in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism.
  （马克思主义）共产主义革命
  Example sentencesExamples
  They also claim to be bringing about a new world order… a revolution of sorts.
  Ikea will be first up against the wall when the Revolution comes, hopefully.
  As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point.
  So without further ado, grab your hard hat and let the revolution begin!
  In Cuba, Elián was hailed as the child-hero of the Revolution.
  But the Revolution has not yet fulfilled its tasks.
  The workers' revolution would thus usher in a lasting age of genuine Utopia.
  Here's a new addition to the List of People Who Will Be Up Against the Wall When the Revolution Comes.
  They, too, saw a need to keep the Kadets on the side of the Revolution.
  Louis was now a prisoner of the Revolution and an enemy of the Revolution.
  For an organisation that claims to lead the world revolution, they have nothing.
  Want to do your bit for the Revolution and stand up for the kids?
  Violent revolution to overthrow the capitalist system in favour of complete social justice will follow.
  All that is required to subvert the revolution is to put a for sale sign up in front of its symbols, at which point it is assimilated.
  How can a party whose principles rest on an international workers' revolution advance socialist policies in a bourgeois political system?
  My father was adamant that change could not come about without a violent revolution and a proletarian dictatorship.
3. 1.3 A dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people's ideas about it.
  革命性巨变；大变革
  marketing underwent a revolution
  市场营销经历了一场巨变。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The sexual revolution has swept up young adults in a perilous tailspin.
  The materials revolution led to a dramatic and sudden decrease in the cost of building bridges up to 1000m in span a decade ago, and as a consequence we have seen these new kinds of bridges cropping up everywhere.
  This is also a cultural question, and Nigeria needs as much a revolution in attitudes and thinking as it does in new legislation or new measures.
  A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare.
  In the women's game, an even greater revolution of sorts was sprung.
  But as in TV, the digital revolution is coming in radio.
  Most of Ireland missed out on the first industrial revolution of the late eighteenth century.
  Who are the innovators leading the next tech revolution?
  Infinite Data Storage is now close to starting another technological revolution in digital recording technology.
  The book helped to spark a cultural revolution.
  The tools of the much-hyped communications and information technology revolution bring people closer together and drive them further apart.
  The civil rights revolution of the 1960s presents the relevant object lesson.
  While there may be a few scattered news operations that the revolution has not yet touched, the profession has undergone a technological transformation.
  After utterly destroying the once thriving Indian textile industry, Britain sparked its own industrial revolution.
  Record companies have finally begun to embrace the digital revolution started by the first incarnation of Napster.
  The arts and crafts movement began in Britain in reaction to the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century.
  Rapid technological advances have also fueled the revolution in business affairs.
  The molecular genetics revolution of the 1960s swept up many of the brightest young minds.
  The technological computer telecommunications revolution is equally responsible.
  Identifying the structure of DNA triggered a revolution in biology that is still continuing today.
  Synonyms
  dramatic change, radical change, drastic alteration, radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway
2An instance of revolving.
旋转
one revolution a second
每秒钟一转。
Example sentencesExamples
- Most millisecond pulsars hover around the 300 revolutions per second mark, and the fastest spinning pulsar ever detected clocked in at 641 rps.
- In theory, pulsars could remain intact at speeds as high as 1,000 to 3,000 revolutions per second.
- The Blazer also has a maximum power of 138 horsepower at 5,600 revolutions per minute (rpm).
- Details were recorded of the number of steps taken per minute, the number of hours that the convicts turned the wheel, the height of the steps, the number of revolutions turned in a day, and certain other data.
- I was amazing to see a stadium wave last two complete revolutions.
- So if, for example, W = 2, that means that the diameter of the tube after a single revolution is twice what it was one whorl before.
- The car is fitted with a six-speed close ratio gearbox but thanks to the high amount of torque developed at low revolutions, the car should be very flexible.
- Get the biggest you can afford, with at least 7,200 revolutions per minute.
- Once it had completed a full revolution (ie moved forward 26 places), it would kick the middle rotor forward one position.
- It is important that a vehicle's wheels make a complete revolution, i.e., turn full circle over the material.
- The starter motor spun the crankshaft through a few revolutions, easily resisting the cold, gluey oil that clings to the bearings and cylinder walls.
- In initial tests, some of the biomolecular motors spun their propellers for more than two hours, at eight revolutions per second.
- The researchers initiated this process by feeding their rotors with ATP, and saw them revolve under the microscope at around five revolutions per second.
- Spinning the sample a million or more revolutions per minute does the job.
- AFT's Bob Brooks noted that with a standard hat, the rpm of the engine at the track's top end is 300 revolutions faster than the driveshaft.
- After completing a number of revolutions, the carousel began to slow and came to a stop.
- The core of the bowling ball, coupled with the revolutions and rotation one applies, determines where the track is.
- When you have a hamster in your head than runs on its wheel at 300 revolutions a second, you certainly don't have to plan your stand-up act.
- From statistical analysis of 11 pulsars, they concluded that the maximum speed seen in nature must be below 760 revolutions per second.
- I was able to complete a few tumbling revolutions before collapsing into a skidding heap.
Synonyms
single turn, turn, rotation, circle, whirl, twirl, spin, wheel, roll, round, cycle, circuit, lap
1. 2.1 The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center.
  observing the revolution about the axis of rotation
  Example sentencesExamples
  He noted that if the bob was drawn back and released then it followed an elliptical path, and moreover the major axis rotated in the direction of revolution exactly as did the apsides of the moon's orbit.
  He explained eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, announced the sphericity of the earth and its diurnal revolution on its axis.
  The Earth's tides are mainly created by the force of the Moon's orbit, along with the Earth's own revolution and gravitational pull from the Sun.
  He determined the least angular velocity about its axis for which steady motion of a solid of revolution can be stable.
  Earth has also tidally locked the Moon, leaving it with identical periods of rotation on its axis and revolution around Earth.
  This was due to an erroneous assumption, i.e., that the stalk has a figure of revolution of a circular arc.
  There are three distinct types of spiric surfaces depending whether the axis of revolution cuts the circle, it a tangent to the circle, or is outside the circle.
  In this work Dionysodorus calculates the volume of a torus and shows that it is equal to the product of the area of the generating circle with the length of the circle traced by its centre rotating about the axis of revolution.
  Since the original papers the shape of the stalk was not calculated but rather postulated to be the figure of revolution of a circular arc.
  Synonyms
  turning, gyration, rotation, circumrotation, wheeling, turning around, circling, whirling, twirling, spinning, swivelling, rolling, orbital motion, orbiting, orbit
2. 2.2 A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or center.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He believed that the tides are caused by the periodic reinforcement and opposition of two motions of the Earth - its annual revolution around the sun and its daily rotation on its axis.
  For example, the Hilda asteroids circle the Sun three times for every two revolutions of Jupiter.
  This almost certainly indicates that Sedna is spinning, completing a revolution every 20 days.
  The chambers, furthermore, would all move, the lowest completing a revolution once a year, the second once a month, the uppermost once a day.
  Krazy Krab attaches numbers to the days, making the world turning on its axis, each revolution, incredibly important.
  It stayed in orbit around the Moon for 20 hours, and made ten revolutions of our only satellite.
  Since the rotations and revolutions of the moon were different from Earth, an artificial sky, sun, and moon were set up to simulate Earth.
  A complete revolution of the earth takes approximately 24 hours.
  We on Earth get to see the same side of the Moon as its rotational period around its axis and revolution period around the Earth are the same.
  Eight years after the transit the Venus would have completed almost exactly 12 full revolutions of the sun.
  How long does it take the International Space Station to complete a revolution of the earth?
  Later the revolution of the planet Jupiter was also used in Hindu astronomy.
  Before I do this, I have to revisit science concepts and make sure I understand orbits, rotations, revolutions and seasons.
  My stomach dropped out from underneath me more than once as we were thrown up in the air and even completed a full revolution.
  This can be rounded up to 2.5 years per sign or 30 years for one revolution around the zodiac.
  For the number of revolutions of the apsis and node of the moon per mahayuga, Aryabhata I proposed 488219 and 232226, respectively.
  He orders us into his Landrover and we skid across the causeway, the water rising with every revolution of the wheels, splashing above the windscreen.
  The moon completes its revolution around the earth in exactly 29.5 days, an astronomical phenomenon as certain as the day after night until the day of the Qiyamah.
  Each year is still equivalent to the sidereal period of the Earth, one revolution around the Sun.
  The third day concerned the earth's annual motion around the sun, and of course certain phenomena involving both the daily rotation and the annual revolution.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’ (see revolve).

词汇	revolution
释义	Definition of revolution in English: revolution noun rɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n 1A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system. 革命，彻底变革 the country has had a socialist revolution Example sentencesExamples This was necessitated by the severe economic problems the country faced in the aftermath of the civil war and the defeat of socialist revolutions in Europe. Some of these revolutions were socialist, others capitalist; all were strongly nationalist. Neither of those things would have been any different, had they had a revolution in favour of democratic government instead of communist. Young believers in the Fascist revolution began to turn towards Communism as an alternative. In 1979 the US-backed dictator in Nicaragua, Antonio Somoza, was overthrown by a popular revolution. Simultaneous revolutions and uprisings erupted in several countries across Europe. The clearest example was in Russia in the successful workers' revolution in 1917. The 1979 revolution overthrew a vicious dictatorial regime supported by the West. 23 years later, in 1917, the Russian Revolution inspired other revolutions and uprisings throughout Europe. By the end of the war, Woodrow Wilson hoped for a liberal revolution in Germany, whereas the Bolsheviks anticipated a socialist revolution. In 1848 the British establishment watched in horror as revolution swept across Europe. In 1924, when the Turkish revolution overthrew the Ottomans, the caliphate was abolished. Immediately after a revolution or a dramatic change of government there are some exuberant examples of patriotic art. There was enormous economic and social unrest, a weak parliamentary system and the fear of a socialist revolution. I was trying to start a workers' revolution in Glasgow. The Iranian Islamic revolution also must be understood in all its complexity. They regard the 1917 Russian revolution as merely a capitalist revolution overthrowing feudalism. No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism. The vortex of wars and revolutions swept away all paper evidence of his education. Synonyms rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, rioting, rising, insurgence, insurgency, coup, overthrow, seizure of power, regime change subversion, sedition, anarchy, disorder, protest, strike, act of resistance, act of defiance French coup d'état German putsch rare jacquerie 1.1 (in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism. （马克思主义）共产主义革命 when I grew up it was the Marxism that was very strong, it was like the revolution was coming next week Example sentencesExamples For an organisation that claims to lead the world revolution, they have nothing. So without further ado, grab your hard hat and let the revolution begin! Ikea will be first up against the wall when the Revolution comes, hopefully. How can a party whose principles rest on an international workers' revolution advance socialist policies in a bourgeois political system? My father was adamant that change could not come about without a violent revolution and a proletarian dictatorship. Here's a new addition to the List of People Who Will Be Up Against the Wall When the Revolution Comes. As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point. They also claim to be bringing about a new world order… a revolution of sorts. Violent revolution to overthrow the capitalist system in favour of complete social justice will follow. All that is required to subvert the revolution is to put a for sale sign up in front of its symbols, at which point it is assimilated. They, too, saw a need to keep the Kadets on the side of the Revolution. The workers' revolution would thus usher in a lasting age of genuine Utopia. Want to do your bit for the Revolution and stand up for the kids? In Cuba, Elián was hailed as the child-hero of the Revolution. But the Revolution has not yet fulfilled its tasks. Louis was now a prisoner of the Revolution and an enemy of the Revolution. 1.2 A dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation. marketing underwent a revolution 市场营销经历了一场巨变。 Example sentencesExamples The technological computer telecommunications revolution is equally responsible. The tools of the much-hyped communications and information technology revolution bring people closer together and drive them further apart. Rapid technological advances have also fueled the revolution in business affairs. The sexual revolution has swept up young adults in a perilous tailspin. But as in TV, the digital revolution is coming in radio. Most of Ireland missed out on the first industrial revolution of the late eighteenth century. This is also a cultural question, and Nigeria needs as much a revolution in attitudes and thinking as it does in new legislation or new measures. Identifying the structure of DNA triggered a revolution in biology that is still continuing today. Infinite Data Storage is now close to starting another technological revolution in digital recording technology. In the women's game, an even greater revolution of sorts was sprung. Record companies have finally begun to embrace the digital revolution started by the first incarnation of Napster. The arts and crafts movement began in Britain in reaction to the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. Who are the innovators leading the next tech revolution? The book helped to spark a cultural revolution. The civil rights revolution of the 1960s presents the relevant object lesson. The molecular genetics revolution of the 1960s swept up many of the brightest young minds. A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare. The materials revolution led to a dramatic and sudden decrease in the cost of building bridges up to 1000m in span a decade ago, and as a consequence we have seen these new kinds of bridges cropping up everywhere. While there may be a few scattered news operations that the revolution has not yet touched, the profession has undergone a technological transformation. After utterly destroying the once thriving Indian textile industry, Britain sparked its own industrial revolution. Synonyms dramatic change, radical change, drastic/radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway reorganization, restructuring, reformation, remodelling, rearrangement, reorientation, regrouping, redistribution upheaval, upset, disruption, convulsions, cataclysm informal shake-up North American informal shakedown humorous transmogrification 2An instance of revolving. 旋转 one revolution a second 每秒钟一转。 Example sentencesExamples The car is fitted with a six-speed close ratio gearbox but thanks to the high amount of torque developed at low revolutions, the car should be very flexible. Once it had completed a full revolution (ie moved forward 26 places), it would kick the middle rotor forward one position. Spinning the sample a million or more revolutions per minute does the job. AFT's Bob Brooks noted that with a standard hat, the rpm of the engine at the track's top end is 300 revolutions faster than the driveshaft. After completing a number of revolutions, the carousel began to slow and came to a stop. When you have a hamster in your head than runs on its wheel at 300 revolutions a second, you certainly don't have to plan your stand-up act. In theory, pulsars could remain intact at speeds as high as 1,000 to 3,000 revolutions per second. So if, for example, W = 2, that means that the diameter of the tube after a single revolution is twice what it was one whorl before. Most millisecond pulsars hover around the 300 revolutions per second mark, and the fastest spinning pulsar ever detected clocked in at 641 rps. The starter motor spun the crankshaft through a few revolutions, easily resisting the cold, gluey oil that clings to the bearings and cylinder walls. From statistical analysis of 11 pulsars, they concluded that the maximum speed seen in nature must be below 760 revolutions per second. The core of the bowling ball, coupled with the revolutions and rotation one applies, determines where the track is. Get the biggest you can afford, with at least 7,200 revolutions per minute. I was able to complete a few tumbling revolutions before collapsing into a skidding heap. I was amazing to see a stadium wave last two complete revolutions. The researchers initiated this process by feeding their rotors with ATP, and saw them revolve under the microscope at around five revolutions per second. The Blazer also has a maximum power of 138 horsepower at 5,600 revolutions per minute (rpm). In initial tests, some of the biomolecular motors spun their propellers for more than two hours, at eight revolutions per second. Details were recorded of the number of steps taken per minute, the number of hours that the convicts turned the wheel, the height of the steps, the number of revolutions turned in a day, and certain other data. It is important that a vehicle's wheels make a complete revolution, i.e., turn full circle over the material. Synonyms single turn, turn, rotation, circle, whirl, twirl, spin, wheel, roll, round, cycle, circuit, lap 2.1mass noun The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or centre. revolution about the axis of rotation Example sentencesExamples He noted that if the bob was drawn back and released then it followed an elliptical path, and moreover the major axis rotated in the direction of revolution exactly as did the apsides of the moon's orbit. He determined the least angular velocity about its axis for which steady motion of a solid of revolution can be stable. This was due to an erroneous assumption, i.e., that the stalk has a figure of revolution of a circular arc. There are three distinct types of spiric surfaces depending whether the axis of revolution cuts the circle, it a tangent to the circle, or is outside the circle. In this work Dionysodorus calculates the volume of a torus and shows that it is equal to the product of the area of the generating circle with the length of the circle traced by its centre rotating about the axis of revolution. The Earth's tides are mainly created by the force of the Moon's orbit, along with the Earth's own revolution and gravitational pull from the Sun. He explained eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, announced the sphericity of the earth and its diurnal revolution on its axis. Since the original papers the shape of the stalk was not calculated but rather postulated to be the figure of revolution of a circular arc. Earth has also tidally locked the Moon, leaving it with identical periods of rotation on its axis and revolution around Earth. Synonyms turning, gyration, rotation, circumrotation, wheeling, turning around, circling, whirling, twirling, spinning, swivelling, rolling, orbital motion, orbiting, orbit rare circumgyration 2.2 A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or centre. near the solar equator the sun takes about 26 days to complete one revolution Example sentencesExamples How long does it take the International Space Station to complete a revolution of the earth? For the number of revolutions of the apsis and node of the moon per mahayuga, Aryabhata I proposed 488219 and 232226, respectively. This can be rounded up to 2.5 years per sign or 30 years for one revolution around the zodiac. We on Earth get to see the same side of the Moon as its rotational period around its axis and revolution period around the Earth are the same. Later the revolution of the planet Jupiter was also used in Hindu astronomy. Before I do this, I have to revisit science concepts and make sure I understand orbits, rotations, revolutions and seasons. Eight years after the transit the Venus would have completed almost exactly 12 full revolutions of the sun. My stomach dropped out from underneath me more than once as we were thrown up in the air and even completed a full revolution. The moon completes its revolution around the earth in exactly 29.5 days, an astronomical phenomenon as certain as the day after night until the day of the Qiyamah. Krazy Krab attaches numbers to the days, making the world turning on its axis, each revolution, incredibly important. Since the rotations and revolutions of the moon were different from Earth, an artificial sky, sun, and moon were set up to simulate Earth. He orders us into his Landrover and we skid across the causeway, the water rising with every revolution of the wheels, splashing above the windscreen. Each year is still equivalent to the sidereal period of the Earth, one revolution around the Sun. It stayed in orbit around the Moon for 20 hours, and made ten revolutions of our only satellite. The third day concerned the earth's annual motion around the sun, and of course certain phenomena involving both the daily rotation and the annual revolution. A complete revolution of the earth takes approximately 24 hours. For example, the Hilda asteroids circle the Sun three times for every two revolutions of Jupiter. This almost certainly indicates that Sedna is spinning, completing a revolution every 20 days. He believed that the tides are caused by the periodic reinforcement and opposition of two motions of the Earth - its annual revolution around the sun and its daily rotation on its axis. The chambers, furthermore, would all move, the lowest completing a revolution once a year, the second once a month, the uppermost once a day. Derivatives revolutionism noun ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪz(ə)mˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɪzəm But it conveys on Godard's part an unearned sense of being let down by them; like his revolutionism, his disillusionment with revolution has something brattish about it. Example sentencesExamples Yet by and large, today's Shiite clerics in Iraq view the revolutionism of their predecessors as outdated, and few yearn to implement those designs in Iraq. The spontaneous revolutionism of the masses was, by contrast, fully exploited by the anarchists, who in 1881 set up the Federation of Workers of the Spanish Region. He attacked the CIA and the Congress for Cultural Freedom with a savage vengeance that rekindled the revolutionism of his youth. From the anarchism of his youth to the apocalyptic Catholicism of later years, McAuley always found it hard to resist the lure of revolutionism. revolutionist noun ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪstˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)nəst The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints. Example sentencesExamples It is only later, when the revolutionists have established themselves in power, that people see their obsessions were a mirage. They were what used to be called insurrectionists, but they probably wouldn't have minded being called Marxist and/or anarchist rebels, revolutionists, liberationists… you get the sort of thing. ‘Remember, remember always,’ he said, ‘that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.’ The New City rooms have been essential live venues since their opening in 1997, drawing everyone from the legendary Bad Brains to Czech revolutionists Uz Jsme Doma, while serving as an incubator for some of Edmonton's finest acts. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere 'roll back' (see revolve). Definition of revolution in US English: revolution nounˌrɛvəˈluʃ(ə)nˌrevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n 1A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system. 革命，彻底变革 Example sentencesExamples In 1924, when the Turkish revolution overthrew the Ottomans, the caliphate was abolished. The clearest example was in Russia in the successful workers' revolution in 1917. 23 years later, in 1917, the Russian Revolution inspired other revolutions and uprisings throughout Europe. Simultaneous revolutions and uprisings erupted in several countries across Europe. In 1979 the US-backed dictator in Nicaragua, Antonio Somoza, was overthrown by a popular revolution. Young believers in the Fascist revolution began to turn towards Communism as an alternative. This was necessitated by the severe economic problems the country faced in the aftermath of the civil war and the defeat of socialist revolutions in Europe. There was enormous economic and social unrest, a weak parliamentary system and the fear of a socialist revolution. The vortex of wars and revolutions swept away all paper evidence of his education. The Iranian Islamic revolution also must be understood in all its complexity. They regard the 1917 Russian revolution as merely a capitalist revolution overthrowing feudalism. I was trying to start a workers' revolution in Glasgow. The 1979 revolution overthrew a vicious dictatorial regime supported by the West. No one is urged to dwell on the fact that the day's fireworks displays are symbolic of an armed revolution against tyranny and colonialism. By the end of the war, Woodrow Wilson hoped for a liberal revolution in Germany, whereas the Bolsheviks anticipated a socialist revolution. In 1848 the British establishment watched in horror as revolution swept across Europe. Immediately after a revolution or a dramatic change of government there are some exuberant examples of patriotic art. Neither of those things would have been any different, had they had a revolution in favour of democratic government instead of communist. Some of these revolutions were socialist, others capitalist; all were strongly nationalist. Synonyms rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, uprising, riot, rioting, rising, insurgence, insurgency, coup, overthrow, seizure of power, regime change 1.1the RevolutionUS The American Revolution. Example sentencesExamples A Jacob Schwartz and a Samuel Schwartz fought in the Revolution in Pennsylvania. If I made a mosaic of George Washington composed of images of the American dead from the Revolution, would viewers likely take that image as an indictment of Washington? No one should diminish the radical nature of the Revolution and American independence, but the American nation was in many respects not new. I think Jimmy and I learned more about the Revolution and the Czars than we did the three R's. As John Adams said, the Revolution had occurred in the minds and hearts of Americans before the incident at Concord Bridge. Similar processes were at work in America after the Revolution, and especially after the civil war. Convicts had been transported in the past to colonial America but after the Revolution America was no longer available. I've read a fair amount of American military history, and my sense is that war reporting has been an integral part of every American war since the Revolution. Even the first settlement of America corresponds with the character of the Revolution. Taxation without representation is one of the things the Americans fought the British over, back during the Revolution. What he showed was that at the time of the Revolution, consumerism exploded in the U.S. 1.2often the Revolution (in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism. （马克思主义）共产主义革命 Example sentencesExamples They also claim to be bringing about a new world order… a revolution of sorts. Ikea will be first up against the wall when the Revolution comes, hopefully. As you've pointed out in many of your articles, the revolution against the capitalist plutocracy is largely a war of words and ideas at this point. So without further ado, grab your hard hat and let the revolution begin! In Cuba, Elián was hailed as the child-hero of the Revolution. But the Revolution has not yet fulfilled its tasks. The workers' revolution would thus usher in a lasting age of genuine Utopia. Here's a new addition to the List of People Who Will Be Up Against the Wall When the Revolution Comes. They, too, saw a need to keep the Kadets on the side of the Revolution. Louis was now a prisoner of the Revolution and an enemy of the Revolution. For an organisation that claims to lead the world revolution, they have nothing. Want to do your bit for the Revolution and stand up for the kids? Violent revolution to overthrow the capitalist system in favour of complete social justice will follow. All that is required to subvert the revolution is to put a for sale sign up in front of its symbols, at which point it is assimilated. How can a party whose principles rest on an international workers' revolution advance socialist policies in a bourgeois political system? My father was adamant that change could not come about without a violent revolution and a proletarian dictatorship. 1.3 A dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people's ideas about it. 革命性巨变；大变革 marketing underwent a revolution 市场营销经历了一场巨变。 Example sentencesExamples The sexual revolution has swept up young adults in a perilous tailspin. The materials revolution led to a dramatic and sudden decrease in the cost of building bridges up to 1000m in span a decade ago, and as a consequence we have seen these new kinds of bridges cropping up everywhere. This is also a cultural question, and Nigeria needs as much a revolution in attitudes and thinking as it does in new legislation or new measures. A revolution in military affairs suggests a fundamental change in all aspects of warfare. In the women's game, an even greater revolution of sorts was sprung. But as in TV, the digital revolution is coming in radio. Most of Ireland missed out on the first industrial revolution of the late eighteenth century. Who are the innovators leading the next tech revolution? Infinite Data Storage is now close to starting another technological revolution in digital recording technology. The book helped to spark a cultural revolution. The tools of the much-hyped communications and information technology revolution bring people closer together and drive them further apart. The civil rights revolution of the 1960s presents the relevant object lesson. While there may be a few scattered news operations that the revolution has not yet touched, the profession has undergone a technological transformation. After utterly destroying the once thriving Indian textile industry, Britain sparked its own industrial revolution. Record companies have finally begun to embrace the digital revolution started by the first incarnation of Napster. The arts and crafts movement began in Britain in reaction to the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century. Rapid technological advances have also fueled the revolution in business affairs. The molecular genetics revolution of the 1960s swept up many of the brightest young minds. The technological computer telecommunications revolution is equally responsible. Identifying the structure of DNA triggered a revolution in biology that is still continuing today. Synonyms dramatic change, radical change, drastic alteration, radical alteration, complete shift, sea change, metamorphosis, transformation, conversion, innovation, breakaway 2An instance of revolving. 旋转 one revolution a second 每秒钟一转。 Example sentencesExamples Most millisecond pulsars hover around the 300 revolutions per second mark, and the fastest spinning pulsar ever detected clocked in at 641 rps. In theory, pulsars could remain intact at speeds as high as 1,000 to 3,000 revolutions per second. The Blazer also has a maximum power of 138 horsepower at 5,600 revolutions per minute (rpm). Details were recorded of the number of steps taken per minute, the number of hours that the convicts turned the wheel, the height of the steps, the number of revolutions turned in a day, and certain other data. I was amazing to see a stadium wave last two complete revolutions. So if, for example, W = 2, that means that the diameter of the tube after a single revolution is twice what it was one whorl before. The car is fitted with a six-speed close ratio gearbox but thanks to the high amount of torque developed at low revolutions, the car should be very flexible. Get the biggest you can afford, with at least 7,200 revolutions per minute. Once it had completed a full revolution (ie moved forward 26 places), it would kick the middle rotor forward one position. It is important that a vehicle's wheels make a complete revolution, i.e., turn full circle over the material. The starter motor spun the crankshaft through a few revolutions, easily resisting the cold, gluey oil that clings to the bearings and cylinder walls. In initial tests, some of the biomolecular motors spun their propellers for more than two hours, at eight revolutions per second. The researchers initiated this process by feeding their rotors with ATP, and saw them revolve under the microscope at around five revolutions per second. Spinning the sample a million or more revolutions per minute does the job. AFT's Bob Brooks noted that with a standard hat, the rpm of the engine at the track's top end is 300 revolutions faster than the driveshaft. After completing a number of revolutions, the carousel began to slow and came to a stop. The core of the bowling ball, coupled with the revolutions and rotation one applies, determines where the track is. When you have a hamster in your head than runs on its wheel at 300 revolutions a second, you certainly don't have to plan your stand-up act. From statistical analysis of 11 pulsars, they concluded that the maximum speed seen in nature must be below 760 revolutions per second. I was able to complete a few tumbling revolutions before collapsing into a skidding heap. Synonyms single turn, turn, rotation, circle, whirl, twirl, spin, wheel, roll, round, cycle, circuit, lap 2.1 The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center. observing the revolution about the axis of rotation Example sentencesExamples He noted that if the bob was drawn back and released then it followed an elliptical path, and moreover the major axis rotated in the direction of revolution exactly as did the apsides of the moon's orbit. He explained eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, announced the sphericity of the earth and its diurnal revolution on its axis. The Earth's tides are mainly created by the force of the Moon's orbit, along with the Earth's own revolution and gravitational pull from the Sun. He determined the least angular velocity about its axis for which steady motion of a solid of revolution can be stable. Earth has also tidally locked the Moon, leaving it with identical periods of rotation on its axis and revolution around Earth. This was due to an erroneous assumption, i.e., that the stalk has a figure of revolution of a circular arc. There are three distinct types of spiric surfaces depending whether the axis of revolution cuts the circle, it a tangent to the circle, or is outside the circle. In this work Dionysodorus calculates the volume of a torus and shows that it is equal to the product of the area of the generating circle with the length of the circle traced by its centre rotating about the axis of revolution. Since the original papers the shape of the stalk was not calculated but rather postulated to be the figure of revolution of a circular arc. Synonyms turning, gyration, rotation, circumrotation, wheeling, turning around, circling, whirling, twirling, spinning, swivelling, rolling, orbital motion, orbiting, orbit 2.2 A single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or center. Example sentencesExamples He believed that the tides are caused by the periodic reinforcement and opposition of two motions of the Earth - its annual revolution around the sun and its daily rotation on its axis. For example, the Hilda asteroids circle the Sun three times for every two revolutions of Jupiter. This almost certainly indicates that Sedna is spinning, completing a revolution every 20 days. The chambers, furthermore, would all move, the lowest completing a revolution once a year, the second once a month, the uppermost once a day. Krazy Krab attaches numbers to the days, making the world turning on its axis, each revolution, incredibly important. It stayed in orbit around the Moon for 20 hours, and made ten revolutions of our only satellite. Since the rotations and revolutions of the moon were different from Earth, an artificial sky, sun, and moon were set up to simulate Earth. A complete revolution of the earth takes approximately 24 hours. We on Earth get to see the same side of the Moon as its rotational period around its axis and revolution period around the Earth are the same. Eight years after the transit the Venus would have completed almost exactly 12 full revolutions of the sun. How long does it take the International Space Station to complete a revolution of the earth? Later the revolution of the planet Jupiter was also used in Hindu astronomy. Before I do this, I have to revisit science concepts and make sure I understand orbits, rotations, revolutions and seasons. My stomach dropped out from underneath me more than once as we were thrown up in the air and even completed a full revolution. This can be rounded up to 2.5 years per sign or 30 years for one revolution around the zodiac. For the number of revolutions of the apsis and node of the moon per mahayuga, Aryabhata I proposed 488219 and 232226, respectively. He orders us into his Landrover and we skid across the causeway, the water rising with every revolution of the wheels, splashing above the windscreen. The moon completes its revolution around the earth in exactly 29.5 days, an astronomical phenomenon as certain as the day after night until the day of the Qiyamah. Each year is still equivalent to the sidereal period of the Earth, one revolution around the Sun. The third day concerned the earth's annual motion around the sun, and of course certain phenomena involving both the daily rotation and the annual revolution. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’ (see revolve).
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