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rebolusyon : revolution (n.)

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Glosses:
revolution
n. (event)1. revolutiona drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving.; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
~ alteration, change, modificationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
~ cultural revolution, great proletarian cultural revolutiona radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos.
~ green revolutionthe introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity.
n. (act)2. revolutionthe overthrow of a government by those who are governed.
~ counterrevolutiona revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution.
~ group actionaction taken by a group of people.
~ american revolution, american revolutionary war, american war of independence, war of american independencethe revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783.
~ chinese revolutionthe republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912.
~ cuban revolutionthe revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959.
~ bloodless revolution, english revolution, glorious revolutionthe revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689).
~ french revolutionthe revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799.
~ mexican revolutiona revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (1910-1911).
~ february revolution, russian revolutionthe revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917.
n. (event)3. gyration, revolution, rotationa 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"
~ turning, turna movement in a new direction.; "the turning of the wind"
~ clockwise rotation, dextrorotationrotation to the right.
~ counterclockwise rotation, levorotationrotation to the left.
~ axial motion, axial rotation, rollrotary motion of an object around its own axis.; "wheels in axial rotation"
~ orbital motion, orbital rotationmotion of an object in an orbit around a fixed point.; "satellites in orbital rotation"
~ spina swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).