revision

noun
/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/UK/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/US/ɹɪˈvɪʒ.ən/CA/ɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/

Etymology

Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.

  1. derived from revīsiō
  2. borrowed from révision

Definitions

  1. The process of revising

    The process of revising:

    • Revision can turn a passable paper into an excellent one and change an excellent one into a radiant one.
    • Many formalisms for belief revision use extraneous mechanisms for deciding what beliefs to keep and this makes it harder to iterate the process.
  2. A changed edition, or new version

    A changed edition, or new version; a modification.

    • The first thing members need to understand about a revision is that the current bylaws are not under consideration at all. If the revision is defeated, no changes to the current bylaws take place.
  3. A story corrected or expanded by a writer commissioned by the original author.

    • A revision story
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To provide with a new vision.

      • What philosophy needs is to be revisioned with a more hopeful, engaged inspirational point of view.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for revision. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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