What is "revolution"

Revolution \Rev`o*lu"tion\, n. [F. r['e]volution, L. revolutio. See Revolve.]

1. 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.

2. Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.

   That fear Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution, On my defenseless head.
   --Milton.

3. 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. ``The short revolution of a day.''
   --Dryden.

4. (Astron.) 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.

   Note: The term is sometimes applied in astronomy to the motion of a single body, as a planet, about its own axis, but this motion is usually called rotation.

5. (Geom.) 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.

6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.

   The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily produced a complete revolution throughout the department.
   --Macaulay.

7. (Politics) 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. The violence of revolutions is generally proportioned to the degree of the maladministration which has produced them. --Macaulay. Note: When used without qualifying terms, the word is often applied specifically, by way of eminence, to:

   1. The English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James II.

   2. The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by which the English colonies, since known as the United States, secured their independence.

   3. The revolution in France in 1789, commonly called the French Revolution, the subsequent revolutions in that country being designated by their dates, as the Revolution of 1830, of 1848, etc.

late 14c., originally of celestial bodies, from Old French revolucion "course, revolution (of celestial bodies)" (13c.), or directly from Late Latin revolutionem (nominative revolutio) "a revolving," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin revolvere "turn, roll back" (see revolve).\n

\nGeneral sense of "instance of great change in affairs" is recorded from mid-15c. Political meaning "overthrow of an established political system" first recorded c.1600, derived from French, and was especially applied to the expulsion of the Stuart dynasty under James II in 1688 and transfer of sovereignty to William and Mary.

n. 1 A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change. 2 The removal and replacement of a government. 3 rotation: the turning of an object around an axis. 4 A rotation: one complete turn of an object during rotation. 5 In the case of celestial body - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body. 6 A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

1. n. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"

2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

3. a 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" [syn: rotation, gyration]

REvolution is the fourth studio album by the band Lynch Mob released in 2003. This album marks the return of vocalist Robert Mason and bassist Anthony Esposito to the band. The tracks of the album are re-worked versions of the band's first two albums, and Dokken songs of the George Lynch-era of the band.

A revolution is a drastic political or social change that usually occurs relatively quickly.

Revolution may also refer to:

"Revolution" was the title given to the May 2000 revamp of Marvel Comics' X-Men-related comic books, timed to coincide with the publication of X-Men vol. 2 #100.

Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Revolution received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box office bomb. Due to the disappointment, Pacino took a four-year hiatus from films until 1989's Sea of Love.

Revolution is an album by the Christian rock band YFriday. Released in 2003, Revolution is the band's third studio album.

"Revolution" is a song by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Two versions of the song were recorded in 1968: a hard rock version, released as the B-side of the " Hey Jude" single, and a slower, bluesier arrangement (titled "Revolution 1") for the Beatles' self-titled double album, commonly known as "the White Album". Although the single version was issued first, it was recorded several weeks after "Revolution 1", as a re-make specifically intended for release as a single. A third connected piece, written by Lennon, is the experimental track " Revolution 9", based on the latter parts of the same performance that produced "Revolution 1", and which also appears on the White Album.

Inspired by political protests in early 1968, Lennon's lyrics expressed doubt in regard to some of the tactics. When the single version was released in August, the political left viewed it as betraying their cause. The release of the album version in November indicated Lennon's uncertainty about destructive change, with the phrase "count me out" recorded differently as "count me out, in". In 1987, the song became the first Beatles recording to be licensed for a television commercial, which prompted a lawsuit from the surviving members of the group.

In the same year Nina Simone recorded her single " Revolution" with some structural similarities (some lyrics are also the same) to the Beatles' song, but credited to her and Weldon Irvine.

Revolution is a software development environment/multimedia authoring software in the tradition of HyperCard and is based on the MetaCard engine. Its primary focus is on providing a relatively accessible development tool set and scripting language that enable the creation of software programs that run across multiple platforms with little or no code modifications. The Integrated Development Environment (IDE) included with Revolution is built partly on the models created by Bill Atkinson and the original HyperCard team at Apple and subsequently followed by many other software development products, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic. Revolution includes an English language-like scripting language called Transcript, a full programming language superset of the HyperCard's scripting language, HyperTalk.

The higher-grade versions (see Versions, below), allow applications to be compiled to run on more than one platform, including Macintosh (Classic or Mac OS 9, and Mac OS X), Windows and Unix-like systems including Linux. It can also import HyperCard stacks, which require little or no modification unless they use external functions, which generally do not work in Revolution.

Revolution is designed to be an environment where non-programmers feel at ease and programmers feel not too uncomfortable (after getting used to "non-traditional" programming syntax). Like any programming language or development environment, opinions as to the degree to which those aims have been achieved vary greatly.

Revolution is the fourth solo album by Little Steven released in 1989. The Disciples of Soul were gone in all but name (although former Disciple/ Young Rascals drummer Dino Danelli did the album art), and the music was largely electronic.

"Revolution" is a pop rock song and the fourth single written and produced by Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida for The Veronicas' debut album The Secret Life of... (2005). On 7 August 2006, in conjunction with their 'The Revolution Tour' of Australia, which commenced on 4 August 2006. It was a modest success in Australia, peaking at eighteen in the ARIA Charts. The "Revolution" video features footage from The Veronicas' Brisbane concert in August, 2006, and also shows some footage shot backstage and of fans in the crowd.

Revolution, formerly Irn Bru Revolution, is an Arrow Development shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. It was Europe's first fully looping roller coaster. The ride consists of two raised sections of track with a vertical loop in the centre. The train is launched off the first raised platform, into the loop, and up onto the second platform, where it repeats the process in reverse. As a result of the design, riders are required to climb a series of stairs to get to the loading station. Until the introduction of Infusion, it was the park's only looping coaster.

[R]evolution is an album by industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun.

Revolution is a 2003 EP by the UK band One Minute Silence.

Revolution is the eighth studio album by the German band Crematory, distributed through Nuclear Blast, and the first release after the band's three year dissolution.

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Revolution is a double disc album by trance DJ/ producer DJ Tiësto, released on May 7, 2001. Disc one is labeled Darkside, while the second CD is labeled Brightside.

"Revolution" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. The song is the third of four radio singles released in promotion of the band's The Eleventh Hour. A live version of the song can be found on disc two of the 2003 double album, Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage.

Revolution, or Revo, a revolutionary socialist youth organization, was founded in the UK by Workers Power, part of the League for the Fifth International. According to its statutes and manifesto it is organizationally independent from Workers Power, although there are disagreements about the degree of independence (independent members viewing it as subordinate to LFI, LFI arguing that since its international and national councils have sovereignty, it is independent). It has official sections in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the USA.

It was formed in the mid-1990s at the beginning of the anti-capitalist movement in Europe. Participation in the EuroMarches in Amsterdam and support for the Liverpool Dockers strike were amongst its first campaigns. Now the group participates in the anti-capitalist movement and anti-war movements. It has raised the slogan for a Youth International to come out of the European Social Forum and World Social Forum bodies to unite the struggles of young people against globalization and imperialism.

In 2006, following a split in the League for the Fifth International, a part of Revo left the youth organization following disputes on the question of international structures and statutes, the main focus of the group and the concept of building a worker party. The majoritiy of Revo, which supported a more pragmatic approach, centralist constitution and the slogan of the 5th international, elected appropriate candidates for the international delegate conference 2006 in Prague and continues their partnership with the LFI. At the conference, it was decided to cancel the section-status of the Australians (due to small membership), evaluating the past work and to prepare for the next tasks (local groups, G8 mobilization).

A minority of the Revo members, who preferred a focus on the Revolution magazine, called for a federal constitution and a repeal of the links to the LFI, disregarded the outcome of the conference. A week after that conference, the minority formed its own tendency called Independent Revolution or iRevo. After iRevo refused an offer in autumn 2006 of Revolution International Council to remain in the organization, participate in the coordination (Revolution International Council), accept the democratic decision of the rank-and-file and delegate conference, this tendency was expelled by Revo as a part of the organization. The former iRevo-Tendency itself split in 2009.

Revo continues to build an youth organization in Britain, Sweden, Austria and Germany and added sections in USA, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan as well as projects of forming a left alternative party with the LFI and other supporters as the WASG in Germany, New Anticapitalist Party in France, the left-list in Austria or the 5th International itself.

In 2012, former Revo member Luke Cooper won libel damages of £60,000 after the Daily Mail and Evening Standard falsely claimed that he was a ringleader in planning violent disorder at the occupation of the Conservative Party's headquarters at Millbank during the 2010 UK student protests.

"Revolution" is a song performed by the London psychedelic rock group Tomorrow. It was first released on a single in the U.K. by Parlophone in September 1967 and later on the group's self-titled album Tomorrow in February 1968. The song is credited to Keith Alan Hopkins (better known as Keith West) and Steve Howe. Though Tomorrow's song was not a hit, the group was well known to insiders of the London music scene.

Tomorrow's September 1967 single was likely the prime inspiration for the John Lennon song " Revolution" which was released a year later. Tomorrow's tongue in cheek lyric "Have your own little revolution, NOW!" sounds like it prompted Lennon's response "You say you want a revolution."

Several different recordings of the song have been released by Tomorrow. The 1999 CD re-issue of their album also includes a previously unreleased studio demo recording of the song. This version does not have the orchestral overdubs but instead has some great phasing effects not heard in the later recording. Both were recorded at EMI's legendary Abbey Road Studios in London in mid 1967. Tomorrow performed this song for John Peel's radio show on the BBC and there is also a live recording on the album 50 Minute Technicolor Dream.

Revolution is the title of the tenth album by The Dubliners. It was their second to be produced by Phil Coulter. This was a landmark in their career. Their sound had developed and Coulter, as well as playing piano on the record, had brought in other instrumentalists as well. The album featured "Scorn Not His Simplicity", a song that Coulter had composed about his own son, who had Down's syndrome, as well as a poem penned by Luke Kelly entitled "For What Died The Sons Of Róisín?".

Revolution is a quarterly publication about luxury mechanical watches. First published in 2005, it is now one of the leading magazines in its sector, with a readership that consists of both watch connoisseurs and industry insiders, from designers to CEOs. It is currently available in 13 international editions (12 print, one digital) in seven different languages.

The magazine blends watch reviews and articles, with cutting-edge styling and photography.

"Revolution" is an Electronic Music performed by Bangladeshi Audio designer Soura Pandey. This track is designed for surround output, also supports 2.1 channel."Revolution" is the first 5.1 HD surround music track released in Bangladesh, distributed by Dugdugi, ME Label including international market iTune, Google Play, Spotify and radios.

"Revolution (In the Summertime?)" is a song by the Scottish rock band Cosmic Rough Riders. Released in 2001, it was one of two Top 40 hits for the band that year, along with "The Pain Inside".

Revolution is the third studio album from Christian rock band All Star United. It was released in 2002 after the band signed up with Furious Records. The album features an almost entirely new band, with Ian Eskelin still heading them. The number 27018036090 is featured on the cover and throughout the album's packaging. No explanation is given for the reason for this number. One possibility is that it is geographic coordinates. The coordinates 27.0180 36.090 maps to a spot along Highway 5 in Saudi Arabia east of the Red Sea and 100 miles south east of the Sinai Peninsula but the significance of this location as it relates to the band or the album is unknown.

Revolution (published by Random House in 2014) is a non-fiction book written by the British comedian, actor and political activist Russell Brand. In it, Brand advocates for a non-violent social revolution based on principles of spirituality and the common good. Critical response to the book was divided. While some reviewers praised its "charm" and Brand's "distinctive" voice, others complained about a lack of both substance and style.

"Revolution" is a song on the album Angel of Retribution, by the heavy metal band Judas Priest. It was their first single since 1992's "Night Crawler" to enter in the United States charts. It reached #23 in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

According to the producer Roy Z:

"The bass intro to 'Revolution' is actually from a cassette tape the band recorded back in the 1970s. We loaded the riff into Pro Tools and built the rest of the song around it. We went for a raw, modern '70s vibe. It is a wide-open rock and roll song."

K.K. Downing said yet that:

"I'm proud of the fact that we really worked hard. The album cover, the message about peoples' perceptions of rock and metal - 'Revolution' with Rob singing, 'Time to change' on the outro - youngsters with aspirations to pick up a guitar, they're listening to the radio thinking, 'Well, that is what I need to be doing..."

It was well received by the fans and it is still played live since its release.

The song has a similar riff to " Mountain Song", by Jane's Addiction.

Year

Chart

Position

2005

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

1. 23

Revolution is a series of track cycling events primarily held at the Manchester Velodrome in the north west of England. It was solely held in Manchester between 2003 and 2012. From Season 10 (2012-2013) meetings have been held additionally at the new UK velodromes; in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow, the Olympic Velodrome, London from Season 11 (2013-2014) and the Derby Arena from 2015-16.

The series comprises four or five meetings each year, held between October and February, on Saturday evenings. The series showcases various top cyclists, both British and other international riders, regularly attracting a large number of spectators. The recent success of the British team, including Chris Hoy's triple Gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and double Gold winning performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics has meant that the events now regularly sell out in advance.

"Revolution" is the first single released in vinyl format by the band Chumbawamba on their Agit-Prop Records.

"Revolution" is an eighth-season finale episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the 171st episode overall.

This is a unique episode, in that Detective Nichols and Detective Eames partner together, when usually they are part of separate teams. It is also worthy to note that both are NYPD Senior Detectives, when usually there is one 'Senior' and one 'Junior' in a team. This was the only episode of its kind, due to Detective Wheeler (Nichols' regular partner) being on maternity leave during the final two episodes of Season 8.

Revolution is an isometric 3D puzzle video game released by U.S. Gold in for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was programmed by Costa Panayi and is a development of the earlier 3D games Highway Encounter and Alien Highway.

Revolution is the second full-length album by the South Korean pop girl group Kara. It was released on online music sites on July 30, 2009, with a physical release on July 31. The album was the band's first regular release to be recorded under the second line-up, featuring members Goo Hara and Kang Jiyoung, who replaced Kim Sunghee after her withdrawal in 2008.

Revolution is the fourth self-produced studio album by the Albany-based pop rock band Sirsy, released on October 20, 2007. The album was remixed by Paul Kolderie and rereleased on July 6, 2010 by Funzalo Records.

"Revolution" is a 2:53 song by American jazz musician Nina Simone and Weldon Irvine. It was released as a single and also featured on the album To Love Somebody (1969). The single release was split over two sides of a 45 rpm disc and, for an unknown reason, these two edits were also used as separate tracks on the album. The song was released the same years as The Beatles' " Revolution", and shares some structural similarities.

"Revolution" didn't do as well as expected and Simone has expressed surprise and disappointment at its lack of success.

Revolution is a documentary film by Jack O'Connell made in San Francisco in 1967. It was subsequently revived with added reminiscences.

Although most interviewees are not named some of them have been identified, such as Kurt Hirschhorn, Frank Jordan, Cecil Williams and Herb Caen

Daria Halprin appears in the film as herself. Also appearing in the film are the Ace of Cups, Country Joe and the Fish, and Dan Hicks.

Revolution is the third studio album by American country music singer Miranda Lambert. The album was released on September 29, 2009, by Columbia Nashville. The album includes the singles " Dead Flowers", " White Liar," " The House That Built Me," " Only Prettier" and " Heart Like Mine," all of which have charted on the U.S. Billboard country chart.

Revolution won the Album of the Year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards and at the Country Music Association Awards in 2010.

Revolution is a young adult historical fiction novel by Jennifer Donnelly about a girl named Andi Alpers who is struggling with drugs, thoughts of suicide, and the way her family has fallen apart after the death of her ten-year-old brother. When her father takes her with him to Paris on a business trip to ensure she works on her school thesis, Andi discovers a journal written by a girl her age, Alexandrine Paradis, two centuries earlier which has its own tragedies inside. Revolution was an Amazon Best Book of the Year (2010) and honored by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal; the audiobook version received a 2011 American Library Association Odyssey Honor.

Revolution was a professional wrestling stable in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) led by Genichiro Tenryu.

Revolution is a Moroccan 2009 short film.

Revolution is an ITV gameshow hosted by Carol Vorderman, the pilot episode was recorded at Elstree Film Studios on Saturday 31 March. On 29 June 2013, it was announced that the show had been "scrapped" by ITV.

Revolution is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that ran from September 17, 2012 until May 21, 2014; it was cancelled by NBC in May 2014. The show takes place in the post-apocalyptic near-future of the year 2027, 15 years after the start of a worldwide, permanent electrical-power blackout in 2012. Created by Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions for the NBC network, it originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 pm (ET) doing well enough that NBC ordered a second season shortly after the first season finale.

Film director Jon Favreau directed the pilot episode. In October 2012, NBC picked it up for a full season of 22 episodes, which was later reduced to 20 episodes. Season 1 of the show was filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. Many of the scenes were shot in historic downtown Wilmington and on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. On April 26, 2013, the series was renewed by NBC for a second season of 22 episodes to air in a new time slot of Wednesdays at 8 pm. Season 2 of Revolution was filmed in and around Bartlett and Granger, Texas. The second season premiere aired on September 25, 2013, and the finale aired on May 21, 2014.

Fans started a petition to renew or relocate Revolution and as of January 2015, the petition gathered over 80,000 signatures. On April 15, 2015, Eric Kripke announced that the show would return for a four-part digital comic-book series that would be posted online, which would give an ending to the cliffhanger in the series finale.

Revolution is the 11th studio album by the German gothic rock duo Lacrimosa. It was released in September 7, 2012 by Hall of Sermon. The album provides a mix of musical styles like female-fronted metal, classical instrumentation and aggressive rock.

Revolution is a documentary movie by Rob Stewart. It follows the filmmaker as he follows up on his earlier movie, Sharkwater, and examines both looming environmental collapse and what people, especially young people, are doing to avert it.

Revolution is a song by the British rock band The Cult. It was the third single from The Cult's 1985 album Love. The song has been described as a " power ballad". It has been noted that the chord progression in the song is the same as She Sells Sanctuary and Rain, the first two singles from the Love album.

"Revolution" is a song by Swiss recording artist Stefanie Heinzmann. It was written by Alexandria Maillot, Amanda Maillot and Joby Baker for her debut album Masterplan (2008), while production was helmed by Marek Pompetzki and Paul NZA. Released as the album's third single, it reached the top fifty of the German Singles Chart.

"Revolution" is a song by Dutch DJ and producer R3hab, Australian twin sisters NERVO and Dutch/Turkish dance musician Ummet Ozcan. It was released through Spinnin' Records. It peaked at number 37 in the UK Singles Chart.