Revolution

Pronunciation: /ˌrɛv.əˈlu.ʃən/ Explain

A revolution is one complete turn around a circle. For example, one revolution of the wheel on a car is the wheel turning around to arrive where it was at the start. The term revolutions per minute how many times something turns a full circle in one minute.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, revolution. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 156. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

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McAdams, David E. Revolution. 3/29/2019. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. http://www.allmathwords.org/en/r/revolution.html.

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• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
12/5/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, implemented new Geogebra app. (McAdams, David E.)
12/31/2008: Added 'More Information'. (McAdams, David E.)
7/1/2008: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)