Revolution (disambiguation)

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A revolution is a drastic political or social change that usually occurs relatively quickly. Revolution may also refer to:

Computing

Engineering and science

  • In astronomy and related fields, the term revolution is used when one body moves around another ("orbiting") while the term rotation is used to mean the movement around an axis
  • Industrial Revolution, an 18th–19th-century period of rapid technological development in the West
  • Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution
  • Revolution engine, a Harley–Davidson engine
  • Revolutions per minute (RPM), a unit of frequency measuring rotational speed, as around a fixed axis

Film

Television

Mathematics

Medicine

  • Selamectin, a parasiticide and anthelminthic for cats and dogs, with the trade name Revolution

Music

Albums

Songs

Other

Politics

  • Revolution (political group), a political group founded by the League for a Fifth International
  • Total revolution, the political philosophy of veganism and anarchism

Publications

  • The Revolution (newspaper), a women's rights newspaper published from 1868 to 1872
  • The Revolution: A Manifesto, a 2008 New York Times #1 bestseller by U.S. Congressman Ron Paul
  • Revolution magazine, a luxury horology quarterly magazine
  • Revolution (nursing journal, 1991-1998), a professional journal for nurses, also known as "Revolution: the journal for nurse empowerment", published from 1991 to 1998
  • Revolution (nursing journal), a professional journal for nurses, also known as "Revolution: the journal for RNs and patient advocacy", published from 2000
  • Revolution (novel), a 2010 YA Historical Fiction novel by Jennifer Donnelly
  • Revolution, the first part of the 2013 novelization of the first book of the animated TV series The Legend of Korra

Society

Sport

  • New England Revolution, a Major League soccer team
  • Revolution (professional wrestling), a stable in the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling professional wrestling promotion
  • Revolution, a ball rotation in ten-pin bowling
  • Revolution, nickname of a United States national Australian rules football team
  • Shropshire Revolution, American football team in Shropshire, England
  • Revolution (cycling series), a track cycling event held at the Manchester Velodrome, England

See also

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