50 ! i really need : next, using a reputable dictionary, record an “ official definition of revolution” be sure to include all of the multiple meanings/ senses of the word that are included in the definition, and to include an mla- style citation for your source. ( remember that a url is not a citation)

a(1) : the action by a celestial body of going round in an orbit or elliptical course

also : apparent movement of such a body round the earth

(2) : the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit

(3) : the rotation of a celestial body on its axis

b : completion of a course (as of years)

also : the period made by the regular succession of a measure of time or by a succession of similar events

c(1) : a progressive motion of a body around an axis so that any line of the body parallel to the axis returns to its initial position while remaining parallel to the axis in transit and usually at a constant distance from it

(2) : motion of any figure about a center or axis

revolution of a right triangle about one of its legs generates a cone

(3) : ROTATION sense 1b

2a : a sudden, radical, or complete change

b : a fundamental change in political organization

especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed

c : activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation

d : a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something : a change of paradigm

the Copernican revolution

e : a changeover in use or preference especially in technology

the computer revolution

the foreign car revolution

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.