Definition of "revolution" in Anglais

noun

1. (countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

   • The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.

2. (countable, politics) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.

3. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

4. (astronomy) 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.

5. A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

   • the AI revolution

6. A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.

7. Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.

8. (card games) a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.