revolution as in a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
- "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
revolution as in the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
revolution as in 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"
Synonyms
- rotationthe act of rotating as if on an axis; (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin ; a single complete turn (axial or orbital); a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)
- gyrationa single complete turn (axial or orbital); the act of rotating in a circle or spiral