Hypertext Webster Gateway: "revision"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Revision \Re*vi"sion\, n. [F. r['e]vision, L. revisio.]
1. The act of revising; re["e]xamination for correction;
review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a
proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
2. That which is made by revising.
Syn: Re["e]xamination; revisal; revise; review.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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