revision : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: revision	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revision n the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" Synonym(s): revision, alteration the act of rewriting something Synonym(s): revision, revisal, revise, rescript something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" Synonym(s): rewrite, revision, rescript
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revision \Revi"sion\, n. [F. r[82]vision, L. revisio.] 1. The act of revising; re[89]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[89]xamination; revisal; revise; review.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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)