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A revolution is a drastic political change that usually occurs relatively quickly. For revolutions which affect society, culture, and technology more than political systems, see social revolution.

Revolution may also refer to:

Aviation

• Warner Revolution I, an American homebuilt aircraft design
• Warner Revolution II, an American homebuilt aircraft design

Books

• Revolution (book), by Russell Brand, 2014
• Revolution (novel), by Jennifer Donnelly, 2010
• Revolution, the first part of the 2013 novelization of the first book of the animated TV series The Legend of Korra
• The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, 2008
• Revolution: A Sociological Interpretation, by Michael Kimmel, 1990

Comics

• Revolution (Marvel Comics), 2000
• Revolution (IDW Publishing), 2016
• Révolution (comic), a series of comic books about the events of the French Revolution

Computing

• Revolution (software platform), a development environment based on the MetaCard engine
• Revolution Analytics, a statistical software company
• Revolution, the former name of LiveCode, a software platform and cross-platform software development environment featuring a dynamically-typed programming language known as Transcript
• Runtime Revolution (RunRev), the former name of LiveCode, Ltd., the software company that develops the LiveCode software platform
• Revolution, prototype name for the Wii video game console produced by Nintendo
• Revolution Software, an English videogame company
• Revolution (video game), 1986 computer game released by U.S. Gold

Engineering and science

• Revolution (geometry), the rotation of a body around an external axis
• Orbital revolution, the movement of an astronomical body around another body
• 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
• Revolution (angular unit), a unit of angle
• Revolution (rotational unit), a unit of number of rotations
  • Revolutions per minute (RPM), a unit of rotational frequency

Film

• Revolution, a 1967 eight-minute short by Peter Greenaway
• Revolution (1968 film), a documentary film by Jack O'Connell made in San Francisco
• Révolution, a 1985 French adult film directed by José Bénazéraf
• Revolution (1985 film), a film about a New York fur trapper during the American Revolutionary War
• Revolution!! (1989), a comic re-enactment of the French Revolution by the National Theatre of Brent
• Revolution (2012 film), a documentary movie about taking a stand against environmental degradation
• RevoLOUtion: The Transformation of Lou Benedetti a 2006 dramedy about a Brooklyn boxer
• Revolution OS (2001), a 2001 documentary on Linux and the free software movement
• Revolution Studios, a film production company

Television

• "Revolution" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), the Law & Order: Criminal Intent eighth-season finale based on a banking revolution
• The Revolution (miniseries), a 2006 American documentary miniseries about the American Revolution that was broadcast on History Channel
• The Revolution (TV program), a 2012 American health and lifestyle talk television program that aired on ABC
• Revolution (TV series), an American science fiction series that ran from 2012 to 2014
• Revolucija (TV series), a Serbian television series that ran from 2013 to 2015
• Supermodel Me: Revolution, the sixth season of Supermodel Me

Mathematics

• Surface of revolution
• Revolution (geometry), a complete rotation
  • Orbital revolution, the cyclical path taken by one object around another object, as of planets

Medicine

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

Music

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

• Revolution (weekly), organ of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
• The Revolution (newspaper), a women's rights newspaper published from 1868 to 1872

Society

• Revolution (Pleasure Beach Blackpool), a roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England
• Vekoma Illusion, a roller coaster model named Revolution at Bobbejaanland in Belgium
• Revolution (vodka bar), a brand of bars founded in Manchester in 1996
• Revolution LLC, a principal investment firm founded by former AOL chairman Steve Case
• Revolution (pet medicine), a flea and heartworm preventative treatment for cats and dogs
• The Revolution (radio station), a former radio station broadcasting to Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside, United Kingdom

Sport

• AEW Revolution, an annual professional wrestling event by All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
• New England Revolution, a Major League Soccer team
• Revolution, a ball rotation in ten-pin bowling
• Revolution, nickname of a United States men's 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
• Various professional wrestling tag teams and stables:
  • The Revolution (TNA) in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • The Revolution (WCW), in World Championship Wrestling
  • Revolution (puroresu) in various puroresu promotions

Visual arts

• Alternative title for The Crowd, a painting by Wyndham Lewis

See also

• List of revolutions and rebellions
• Our Revolution (disambiguation)
• Revolución (disambiguation)
• Revolutions (disambiguation)
• R-Evolution (disambiguation)
• Viva la revolución (disambiguation)