| slovo | definícia |
evolution
(mass) | evolution
- rozvoj, evolúcia, vývoj |
evolution
(encz) | evolution,evoluce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
evolution
(encz) | evolution,rozvíjení Zdeněk Brož |
evolution
(encz) | evolution,rozvoj Zdeněk Brož |
evolution
(encz) | evolution,vývoj Pavel Machek; Giza |
Evolution
(gcide) | Evolution \Ev`o*lu"tion\ ([e^]v`[-o]*l[=u]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
evolutio an unrolling: cf. F. ['e]volution evolution. See
Evolve.]
1. The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, any process of
growth or development; as, the evolution of a flower from
a bud, or an animal from the egg.
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2. A series of things unrolled or unfolded. "The whole
evolution of ages." --Dr. H. More.
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3. (Geom.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a
thread from a curve as an evolute. --Hutton.
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4. (Arith. & Alg.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of
involution.
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5. (Mil. & Naval) A prescribed movement of a body of troops,
or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a
new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.
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Those evolutions are best which can be executed with
the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity.
--Campbell.
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6. (Biol.) A general name for the history of the steps by
which any living organism has acquired the morphological
and physiological characters which distinguish it; a
gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or
development.
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7. (Biol.) That theory of generation which supposes the germ
to pre["e]xist in the parent, and its parts to be
developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative
act; -- opposed to epigenesis.
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8. (Metaph.) That series of changes under natural law which
involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the
heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple
to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The
process is by some limited to organic beings; by others it
is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also
applied to explain the existence and growth of
institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every
product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the
process are variously explained by different philosophrs.
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Evolution is to me series with development.
--Gladstone.
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evolution
(wn) | evolution
n 1: a process in which something passes by degrees to a
different stage (especially a more advanced or mature
stage); "the development of his ideas took many years";
"the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow
development of her skill as a writer" [syn: development,
evolution] [ant: degeneration, devolution]
2: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary
development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
[syn: evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny,
phylogenesis] |
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evolution
(mass) | evolution
- rozvoj, evolúcia, vývoj |
revolution
(mass) | revolution
- revolúcia |
american revolution
(encz) | American Revolution,Americká revoluce |
counter-revolution
(encz) | counter-revolution,kontrarevoluce n: Zdeněk Brož |
counter-revolutionaries
(encz) | counter-revolutionaries, |
counter-revolutionary
(encz) | counter-revolutionary,kontrarevolucionář n: Zdeněk Brožcounter-revolutionary,kontrarevoluční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
counter-revolutionist
(encz) | counter-revolutionist, n: |
counterrevolution
(encz) | counterrevolution,kontrarevoluce n: Zdeněk Brož |
counterrevolutionary
(encz) | counterrevolutionary,kontrarevolucionář n: Zdeněk Brožcounterrevolutionary,kontrarevoluční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
counterrevolutionist
(encz) | counterrevolutionist, n: |
devolution
(encz) | devolution,decentralizace n: [polit.] poskytnutí silných autonomních
práv částem unitárního státu Rostislav Svobodadevolution,degenerace n: [bio.] devolution,postoupení n: devolution,přenesení n: devolution,převedení n: |
ellipsoid of revolution
(encz) | ellipsoid of revolution, n: |
emergent evolution
(encz) | emergent evolution, n: |
evolution
(encz) | evolution,evoluce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačevolution,rozvíjení Zdeněk Broževolution,rozvoj Zdeněk Broževolution,vývoj Pavel Machek; Giza |
evolutionarily
(encz) | evolutionarily,evolučně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
evolutionary
(encz) | evolutionary,evoluční adj: Zdeněk Broževolutionary,vývojový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
evolutionary trend
(encz) | evolutionary trend, n: |
evolutionism
(encz) | evolutionism,evolucionismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
evolutionist
(encz) | evolutionist,evolucionista n: Zdeněk Broževolutionist,evoluční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
green revolution
(encz) | green revolution,zelená revoluce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
industrial revolution
(encz) | Industrial Revolution,průmyslová revoluce |
macroevolution
(encz) | macroevolution, n: |
microevolution
(encz) | microevolution, n: |
revolution
(encz) | revolution,obrátka n: Zdeněk Brožrevolution,otáčka Zdeněk Brožrevolution,revoluce Milan Svoboda |
revolutionaries
(encz) | revolutionaries,revolucionáři n: Zdeněk Brož |
revolutionary
(encz) | revolutionary,revolucionář Zdeněk Brožrevolutionary,revoluční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
revolutionary group
(encz) | revolutionary group, n: |
revolutionary war
(encz) | Revolutionary War, |
revolutionise
(encz) | revolutionise,způsobit revoluci Zdeněk Brož |
revolutionised
(encz) | revolutionised, |
revolutionising
(encz) | revolutionising, |
revolutionist
(encz) | revolutionist, |
revolutionize
(encz) | revolutionize,revolucionalizovat v: Zdeněk Brožrevolutionize,udělat převrat Jaroslav Šedivýrevolutionize,způsobit revoluci Zdeněk Brož |
revolutionized
(encz) | revolutionized,zrevolucionalizoval v: Zdeněk Brožrevolutionized,zrevolucionalizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
revolutionizer
(encz) | revolutionizer, |
revolutions
(encz) | revolutions,revoluce pl. Zdeněk Brož |
revolutions per minute
(encz) | revolutions per minute, n: |
technological revolution
(encz) | technological revolution, n: |
theory of evolution
(encz) | theory of evolution, n: |
theory of organic evolution
(encz) | theory of organic evolution, n: |
velvet revolution
(encz) | Velvet Revolution,sametová revoluce n: [hist.] Stanislav Horáček |
Anomalistic revolution
(gcide) | Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical
\A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
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2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance
of a planet from its perihelion.
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Anomalistic month. See under Month.
Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or
satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes
of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the
same again.
Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.
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Axis of revolution
(gcide) | Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
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2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
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3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
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4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra
dentata}.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
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5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
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6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
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Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal
axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the {minor
axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a microscope or Axis of a telescope, the straight
line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses
which compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.
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Counter revolution
(gcide) | Counter \Coun"ter\, a.
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse;
antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a
counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable
facts attesting the counter principle." --I. Taylor.
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Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward
from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers.
See Approach.
Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one
who has given bond for another.
Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary.
Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys,
invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.]
Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a
canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may
soak through.
Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part
of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part,
as in cases of luxation or fracture.
Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure.
Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication.
Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister,
a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of
the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in
some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in
moral as in physical diseases." --Macaulay.
Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of
applying a counter irritant.
Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side,
or in a different place.
Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password,
given in time of alarm as a signal.
Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell.
Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary
direction to some other opposing pressure.
Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought
forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of
a treaty. --Swift.
Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another
just printed, which, by being passed through the press,
gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same
position as that of plate from which the first was
printed, the object being to enable the engraver to
inspect the state of the plate.
Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one,
and restoring a former state of things.
Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a
counter revolution.
Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is
to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.
Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction
from the wind.
Counter sense, opposite meaning.
Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to
another.
Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer
countersigned to a writing. --Tooke.
Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a
counter slope. --Mahan.
Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or
denial of, another statement.
Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one
who has given security.
Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another.
Counter tide, contrary tide.
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Counter revolutionist
(gcide) | Counter \Coun"ter\, a.
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse;
antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a
counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable
facts attesting the counter principle." --I. Taylor.
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Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward
from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers.
See Approach.
Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one
who has given bond for another.
Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary.
Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys,
invalidates, or alters, a public deed.
Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.]
Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a
canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may
soak through.
Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part
of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part,
as in cases of luxation or fracture.
Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure.
Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication.
Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister,
a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of
the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in
some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in
moral as in physical diseases." --Macaulay.
Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of
applying a counter irritant.
Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side,
or in a different place.
Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password,
given in time of alarm as a signal.
Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell.
Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary
direction to some other opposing pressure.
Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought
forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of
a treaty. --Swift.
Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another
just printed, which, by being passed through the press,
gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same
position as that of plate from which the first was
printed, the object being to enable the engraver to
inspect the state of the plate.
Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one,
and restoring a former state of things.
Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a
counter revolution.
Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is
to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels.
Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction
from the wind.
Counter sense, opposite meaning.
Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to
another.
Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer
countersigned to a writing. --Tooke.
Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a
counter slope. --Mahan.
Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or
denial of, another statement.
Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one
who has given security.
Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another.
Counter tide, contrary tide.
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Devolution
(gcide) | Devolution \Dev`o*lu"tion\, n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F.
d['e]volution.]
1. The act of rolling down. [R.]
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The devolution of earth down upon the valleys.
--Woodward.
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2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or
devolving upon a successor.
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The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel
known and conformable to old constitutional
requisitions. --De Quincey.
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Diurnal revolution of a planet
(gcide) | Diurnal \Di*ur"nal\, a. [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See
Deity, and cf. Journal.]
1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of
daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to
nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
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2. Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going
through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of
a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal
aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of
the earth.
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Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring. --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; --
said of flowers or leaves.
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4. (Zool.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles
and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies
(Diurna) among insects.
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Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising
from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent
direction of motion of light.
Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the
daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc
described by the moon or a star from rising to setting.
Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a
celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation.
Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon
its axis which is described in twenty-four hours.
Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of
the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal
motion.
Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax.
Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet
upon its own axis which constitutes one complete
revolution.
Syn: See Daily.
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Ellipsoid of revolution
(gcide) | Ellipsoid \El*lip"soid\, n. [Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.]
(Geom.)
A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles.
See Conoid, n., 2
(a) .
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Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b,
and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each
dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical
parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections
are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid.
The point where the three planes meet is the center.
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Ellipsoid of revolution, a spheroid; a solid figure
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its
axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when
the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an
oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the
minor axis. Ellipsoid |
Evolutional
(gcide) | Evolutional \Ev`o*lu"tion*al\, a.
Relating to evolution. "Evolutional changes." --H. Spenser.
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Evolutionary
(gcide) | Evolutionary \Ev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, a.
Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
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Evolutionism
(gcide) | Evolutionism \Ev`o*lu"tion*ism\, n.
The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6
and 7.
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Evolutionist
(gcide) | Evolutionist \Ev`o*lu"tion*ist\, n.
1. One skilled in evolutions.
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2. One who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology
or in metaphysics. --Darwin.
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Hyperboloid of revolution
(gcide) | Hyperboloid \Hy*per"bo*loid\, n. [Hyperbola + -oid: cf. F.
hyperbolo["i]de.] (Geom.)
A surface of the second order, which is cut by certain planes
in hyperbolas; also, the solid, bounded in part by such a
surface.
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Hyperboloid of revolution, an hyperboloid described by an
hyperbola revolving about one of its axes. The surface has
two separate sheets when the axis of revolution is the
transverse axis, but only one when the axis of revolution
is the conjugate axis of the hyperbola.
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industrial revolution
(gcide) | industrial revolution \industrial revolution\ n.
The changes in the methods of production as well as the
resulting changes in economic and social organization
accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power-driven
machinery. It started in England in about 1760, and spread to
other countries with very varying time lags. The introduction
of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom
led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in
large companies, and made some goods more plentiful and
cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale.
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Revolution
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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That fear
Comes thundering back, with dreadful revolution,
On my defenseless head. --Milton.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's
circumstances or way of living.
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The ability . . . of the great philosopher speedily
produced a complete revolution throughout the
department. --Macaulay.
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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.
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The violence of revolutions is generally
proportioned to the degree of the maladministration
which has produced them. --Macaulay.
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Note: When used without qualifying terms, the word is often
applied specifically, by way of eminence, to: (a) The
English Revolution in 1689, when William of Orange and
Mary became the reigning sovereigns, in place of James
II. (b) The American Revolution, beginning in 1775, by
which the English colonies, since known as the United
States, secured their independence. (c) 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.
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Revolutionary
(gcide) | Revolutionary \Rev`o*lu"tion*a*ry\, a. [Cf. F.
r['e]volutionnaire.]
Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to,
or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war;
revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
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A revolutionist. [R.]
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Dumfries was a Tory town, and could not tolerate a
revolutionary. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Revolutioner
(gcide) | Revolutioner \Rev`o*lu"tion*er\, n.
One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a
revolutionist. --Smollett.
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Revolutioniezed
(gcide) | Revolutionize \Rev`o*lu"tion*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Revolutioniezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing.]
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to
revolutionize a government. --Ames.
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The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M.
Mason.
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Revolutionism
(gcide) | Revolutionism \Rev`o*lu"tion*ism\, n.
The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or
principles.
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Revolutionist
(gcide) | Revolutionist \Rev`o*lu"tion*ist\, n.
One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of
revolution. --Burke.
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Revolutionize
(gcide) | Revolutionize \Rev`o*lu"tion*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Revolutioniezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing.]
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to
revolutionize a government. --Ames.
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The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M.
Mason.
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Revolutionizing
(gcide) | Revolutionize \Rev`o*lu"tion*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Revolutioniezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Revolutionizing.]
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to
revolutionize a government. --Ames.
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The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. --J. M.
Mason.
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Saltatory evolution
(gcide) | Saltatory \Sal"ta*to"ry\, a. [L. saltatorius. See Saltant, and
cf. Saltire.]
Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping
or dancing.
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Saltatory evolution (Biol.), a theory of evolution which
holds that the transmutation of species is not always
gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked
variations. See Saltation.
Saltatory spasm (Med.), an affection in which pressure of
the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the
air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping
and jumping. --J. Ross.
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