revision

Pronunciation:		ri'vizhun
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Matching Terms:		revision control system, revisional, revisionism, revisionist
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" [n] something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" [n] the act of rewriting something

	Synonyms:	alteration, rescript, revisal, revise, rewrite

	See Also:	distraction, metamorphosis, modulation, piece of writing, qualification, reorganization, revising, rewriting, transfiguration, transformation, translation, writing, written material

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\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.

Computing Dictionary

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

	See Also:	programming