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MEANINGS
Conversion /kənˈvɜːʃn/
noun
1. the process of converting or of being converted.
  • Brit. a building that has been converted to a new purpose.
  • Law the changing of real property into personalty, or of joint into separate property, or vice versa.
2. Rugby a successful kick at goal after a try.
  • American Football an act of converting a touchdown or a down.

3. Psychiatry the manifestation of a mental disturbance as a physical disorder or disease.
4. Law the action of wrongfully dealing with goods in a manner inconsistent with the owner's rights.

 

Revolution /revəˈluːʃn/
noun
1. a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.

  • (in Marxism) the class struggle expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism.

2. a dramatic and wide-reaching change: marketing underwent a revolution.
3. an instance of revolving.

  • motion in orbit or in a circular course or round an axis or centre.
  • the single completion of an orbit or rotation.

 

Conversione

nome

  1. sf mutamento di vita e di abitudini, specialmente il passare da cattivi costumi a una vita virtuosa oppure da una fede a un'altra.
  2. sf trasformazione.
  3. sf mutamento di direzione senza che cambi la formazione di marcia o di navigazione.

 

Rivoluzione

nome

  1. sf l'atto del rivoluzionare [anche in senso figurato].
  2. sf movimento politico o sociale diretto a instaurare nuovi ordinamenti.
  3. sf {astronomia} il moto di un corpo celeste che gira intorno ad un altro.