(n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.
(n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
(n.) The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.
(n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.
(n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere.
(n.) A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.
(n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The X-ray tube rotates outside the detector array at the rate of one revolution per second.
(2) Harati was commander of the Tripoli Brigade during the Libyan revolution.
(3) They were preceded by the publication of The Success and Failure of Picasso (1965) and Art and Revolution: Ernst Neizvestny and the Role of the Artist in the USSR (1969); in one, he made a hopeless mess of Picasso’s later career, though he was not alone in this; in the other, he elevated a brave dissident artist beyond his talents.
(4) "The government should be doing all it can to put the UK at the forefront of this energy revolution not blowing hot and cold on the issue.
(5) Her story is an incredible tale of triumph over tragedy: a tormented childhood during China's Cultural Revolution, detention and forced exile after exposing female infanticide – then glittering success as the head of a major US technology firm.
(6) Baroness Jenny Tonge, president of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF), said the Cairo agreement was akin to a "Copernicus revolution".
(7) Before we embark on the next steps of the global technological revolution, we must ensure that the most basic of online tools are accessible to all.
(8) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(9) BAML said that it does not expect "revolution" in ITV's strategic announcement next week, more "evolution", but did say that "advertising alone is no longer enough to maximise the value of ITV's audiences".
(10) They have had their revolution in America, he explains, while he is still plotting ours.
(11) Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani held the first direct talks between American and Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exchanging pleasantries in a 15-minute telephone call on Friday that raised the prospect of relief for Tehran from crippling economic sanctions.
(12) One in four British homes could be fitted with solar heating equipment and 3,500 wind turbines could be erected across Britain within 12 years as part of a green energy revolution to be proposed by the government next week.
(13) But Abul Fotouh, an independent Islamist and Brotherhood renegade, also appeals to many liberals and supporters of the revolution, as well as some Salafists.
(14) Describing his blueprint for Parliament 2.0, Bercow says in a speech to the Hansard Society on Wednesday that parliament needs to "reconcile traditional concepts and institutions of representative democracy with the technological revolution witnessed over the past decade or two, which has created both a demand for and an opportunity to establish a digital democracy".
(15) In fact, it is possible that the student with life experience could be considered one of the motivating forces that drives the curriculum revolution toward its eventual victory.
(16) The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest organised political movement, added its voice to the chorus of discontent, accusing Scaf of contradicting 'all human, religious and patriotic values' with their callousness and warning that the revolution that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak earlier this year was able to rise again.
(17) I myself spent years – years – in a terrible kind of politically correct phase where I travelled to Nicaragua and called it “Niquragua” to observe the Sandinista revolution firsthand.
(18) "We started the revolution on 25 January 2011 against policemen," Yonis said.
(19) Photograph: Patrick Kingsley for the Guardian Haiba said he was jailed following Syria’s failed revolution in 2011 and still had neck and back problems after being tortured for 17 days.
(20) We wish Thierry all the best for his future.” New England Revolution ended the Red Bulls’ playoff run on Saturday , and Henry said he had decided not to return for another season.
Revolutionize
Definition:
(v. t.) To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cyclosporin A is a potent immunosuppressive agent that has revolutionized the care of organ transplant recipients.
(2) In a short time the PCR techniques has revolutionized research technology in many areas of medicine.
(3) Clinical electroencephalography, which reached a zenith in the 1950s and 1960s, increased the range of diagnostic techniques available for a series of brain diseases and revolutionized the study of epilepsy.
(4) Total joint arthroplasties with metal, plastic, and acrylic materials have revolutionized the surgical treatment of arthritis.
(5) The first year's work at a new geriatric department at Northwick Park Hospital shows that active policies revolutionize the geriatric service and result in high turnover of patients and no waiting list.
(6) Recent developments in DNA-based techniques may revolutionize the study of human behavioral genetics.
(7) While primarily offering an account of the behavioural sciences as applied to this field, some attention is devoted to major biomedical findings which have revolutionized our potential for preventive action.
(8) Methods for rapid diagnosis of RSV infection and the advent of specific therapy with aerosolized ribavirin have revolutionized the management of hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease.
(9) The increasing use of whole body computerized tomography in daily radiological routine work has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases.
(10) The reduction in the prevalence of dental caries, along with advances in adhesive technology, have combined to revolutionize the practice of dentistry today.
(11) Multidisciplinary studies of adulthood have revolutionized thinking about developmental processes during the second half of life.
(12) Magnetic resonance imaging has revolutionized the imaging of head and neck malignancies and is now rapidly replacing computed tomography as the study of choice in the majority of lesions in the head, neck, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, paranasal sinuses, paranasopharynx, and skull base.
(13) They are convinced that a functional structure for light therapy may revolutionize psychiatry.
(14) Since all eukaryotes are characterized by genomic redundancy, these sensitive, rapid and comparatively simple techniques are revolutionizing many a field of clinical and experimental diagnostics.
(15) It is envisaged that DNA fingerprinting will revolutionize forensic biology particularly with regard to the identification of rape suspects.
(16) Spiral CT has the potential to revolutionize a well-established modality, subject to several important limitations.
(17) Computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized the analysis of patients with orbital tumors.
(18) The use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuEPO) has revolutionized the treatment of renal anemia, but the dose regimens have not been established.
(19) The management of chronic sinus disease has been revolutionized by the application of computed tomographic (CT) imaging and rigid endoscopes in diagnostic evaluation and surgical treatment.
(20) New approaches may revolutionize the tactics of nerve repair in the near future.