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As nouns the difference between evolution and revision

is that evolution is evolution while revision is revision, change.

evolution

English

(wikipedia evolution) (wikiversity evolution lecture)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of accumulating change.
  • A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.
  • (general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • * 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
    • There are some examples of cultural evolution' in birds and monkeys, but it is our own species that really shows what cultural ' evolution can do.
  • * 2005 , (Eckhart Tolle), (A New Earth) :
    • Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
  • (biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
  • * 1976 , (Richard Dawkins), (The Selfish Gene) :
    • [Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in evolution is the good of the species (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene).
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
  • (mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
  • (military) One of a series of ordered movements.
  • (dance, sports) A turning movement of the body.
  • * 1869 , Anon., Miss Langley's Will :
    • It was a critical instant: the pirouette -- it would fail, she feared. … the rapid whirl achieved in exact time, the whole evolution executed to perfection.
  • * 1825 , Theodore Edward Hook, Sayings and Doings: Passion and principle :
    • … as he beheld the tenfold pirouette of a lovely girl, which presented to the public eye the whole of her form and figure; … to praise the dexterity and ease with which the unfortunate and degraded creature had performed the ungraceful evolution , the only merit of which, is the gross exposition of person, at which modesty shudders […]
  • * 1863 , Knightley Willia Horlock, The master of the hounds :
    • "Look now, that pirouette -- my stars! how Beauchamp would stare to see his darling perform such an evolution !"
  • * 1869 , William Clarke, The boy's own book :
    • By this operation each foot will describe an arc or segment of a circle. … This evolution is performed sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other …

    Antonyms

    * (accumulation of change) stagnation * (gradual process) revolution * (survival through adaptation) extinction

    Derived terms

    * biological evolution * coevolution, co-evolution * cosmic evolution * cultural evolution * emergent evolution * evolution denial * evolution denier * genetic evolution * macroevolution * microevolution * organic evolution * planetary evolution * social evolution * stellar evolution

    Related terms

    * evolute * evolutional * evolutionarily * evolutionally * evolutionary * evolutionism * evolutionist * evolutionistic * evolutionistically * evolutive * evolutor, Evolutor * evoluture * evolvable * evolvableness * evolvability * evolve * evolvement * evolver * evolving * macroevolutional * macroevolutionary * macroevolutionism * macroevolutionist * microevolutional * microevolutionary * microevolutionism * microevolutionist

    See also

    * Darwinism

    External links

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    revision

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , from (etyl) revisio.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of revising:
  • # The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.
  • #* 2002 , James D. Lester, James D. Lester, Jr, Writing Research Papers , page 195,
  • Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
  • #* 2004 , Mara Kalnins (editor), Note on the Text'', Joseph Conrad, ''Victory: An Island Tale , page xxxix,
  • The full history of its composition, revision , transmission, and publication is a complex and intricate one beyond the necessarily limited scope of this Note,.
  • #* 2010 , , Franz Guenthner (editors), Handbook of Philosophical Logic , Volume 16, page 37,
  • Many formalisms for belief revision use extraneous mechanisms for deciding what beliefs to keep and this makes it harder to iterate the process.
  • # (UK, Australia, New Zealand) The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one?s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
  • All that last minute revision really paid off in the exam! I got top marks!
  • #* 2008', Philip A. Kalra (editor), '' Essential '''Revision Notes in Medicine for Students , Volume 1.
  • (countable) A changed edition, or new version; a modification.
  • * 2004 , Robert McConnell Productions, Henry M. Robert, Robert?s Rules of Order: Simplified and Applied , page 331,
    • The first thing members need to understand about a revision' is that the current bylaws are not under consideration at all. If the ' revision is defeated, no changes to the current bylaws take place.
  • * 1992 , Helen Baron, Carl Baron (editors), Introduction'', ''The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H, Lawrence: Sons and Lovers , Part 1, 2002 paperback edition, Cambridge University Press, page lxxx,
    • However, it is evident in a minority of cases that a revision by Lawrence is prompted solely by the need to remedy some local effect caused by Garnett?s deletion, and there, clearly, Lawrence?s MS text is, in principle, to be preferred.
  • * 2008''', World Bank, ' , page 209,
    • Previous editions of World Development Indicators'' used revision''' 2, first published in 1948. '''Revision''' 3 was completed in 1989, and many countries now use it. But ' revision 2 is still widely used for compiling cross-country data.
  • * 2012 , Bill Fane, David Byrnes, AutoCAD 2013 For Dummies , page 189,
    • Include the revision number'. You may need to add a triangle and number, shown in Figure 9-6, to indicate the ' revision number.
  • (countable) A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.
    • A revision story
    Synonyms
    * review (US)
    Related terms
    * revisal * revise * revisionary * revisionist

    Etymology 2

    (prefix)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide with a new vision.
    • What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.

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