OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16603

revolution

/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
revolución
A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.
Una rivoluzione è certamente la cosa più autoritaria che ci sia: è l'atto per il quale una parte della popolazione impone la sua volontà all'altra parte per mezzo di fucili, baione…
revolución
The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he r…
revolución
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
The Earth has two motions: a daily revolution (or turning around) upon its axis, and a yearly course around the sun.
The ratio between the speeds of revolution of wheel and disc is substantially equal to the reciprocal of the ratio between the diameter of the wheel and the diameter of the mean co…
giro • vuelta
In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
It takes 365 days for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun.
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