[syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
revision
n 1: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration
and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of
his opinion" [syn: revision, alteration]
2: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal,
revise, rescript]
3: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much
better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
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)