revolution: Meaning and Definition of

rev•o•lu•tion

1. an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
2. a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, esp. one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. Cf.
3. a sudden, complete or marked change in something: the present revolution in church architecture.
4. a procedure or course, as if in a circuit, back to a starting point.
5. a single turn of this kind.
1. a turning round or rotating, as on an axis.
2. a moving in a circular or curving course, as about a central point.
3. a single cycle in such a course.
1. (not in technical use) rotation (def. 2).
2. the orbiting of one heavenly body around another.
3. a single course of such movement.
8. a round or cycle of events in time or a recurring period of time.
9. a time of worldwide orogeny and mountain-building.