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"the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"nouna single complete turn (axial or orbital)
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"the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"nouna drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behavingtype of:
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nounthe overthrow of a government by those who are governedtype of:
Definition that contains revolution
- year the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun
- red emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- david French neoclassical painter who actively supported the French Revolution (1748-1825)
- lee leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
- lee soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
- henry a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
- rush physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)
- washington 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
- jones American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
- russia a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917