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    Revision \Re*vi"sion\, n. [F. r['e]vision, L. revisio.]
    1. The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review;
    as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof
    sheet; a revision of statutes.
    [1913 Webster]

    2. That which is made by revising.
    [1913 Webster]

    Syn: Reexamination; revisal; revise; review.
    [1913 Webster] Revisional

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    revision
    n 1: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
    and modification); "it would require a drastic revision
    of his opinion" [syn: alteration]
    2: the act of rewriting something [syn: revisal, revise, rescript]
    3: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much
    better" [syn: rewrite, rescript]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    68 Moby Thesaurus words for "revision":
    amendment, copy, correction, duplication, editing, edition,
    emendation, imitation, improvement, modification, overhaul,
    overhauling, palingenesis, re-creation, re-examination,
    re-formation, reappraisal, reassessment, rebirth, rebuilding,
    recension, recheck, reconsideration, reconstitution,
    reconstruction, rectification, redaction, redesign, redoing,
    redraft, reedition, reestablishment, refashioning, regeneration,
    regenesis, reinquiry, reinstitution, reissue, remaking, renascence,
    rendition, renovation, reorganization, repetition, reprinting,
    reproduction, rescript, rescription, reshaping, restoration,
    restructuring, resurrection, rethinking, retrospect, retrospection,
    revaluation, revampment, review, revisal, revise, revised edition,
    revising, revival, rewrite, rewriting, update, updating, version

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


    revision

    A release of a piece of software which is not
    a major release or a bugfix, but only introduces small
    changes or new features.

    (1996-08-04)

    The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)


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