Webster dictionary was developed by Noah Webster in the beginning of 19th century. On this website, you can find definition for revolution from the 1913 edition of Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Define revolution using one of the most comprehensive free online dictionaries on the web.
Search Results
Part of Speech: noun
Results: 7
6.
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.
Share the word on: