All 4 Uses of
revolution
in
Brave New World
- Down, down … A final twist, a glance at the revolution counter, and he was done.
p. 14.2revolution = circular movement
- "Reducing the number of revolutions per minute," Mr. Foster explained. "The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen."
p. 14.3 *revolutions = circular movements around something
- The embryo is hungry; day in, day out, the blood-surrogate pump unceasingly turns its eight hundred revolutions a minute.
p. 44.0
- Henry kept his eye on the revolution-counter; when the needle touched the twelve hundred mark, he threw the helicopter screws out of gear.
p. 62.1revolution = circular movement
Definitions:
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(1)
(revolution as in: the computer revolution) dramatic change -- sometimes violent overthrow of a government
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(2)
(revolution as in: revolution around the sun) circular movement -- sometimes referring to exactly one rotation