reversion to type

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• reversion to type — reversion 4b …   Useful english dictionary

• reversion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Return to a former state Nouns 1. reversion, reverse, reversal, return[ing], reconversion; atavism, reversion to type; turning point, turn of the tide; regression, relapse, recurrence; restoration;… …   English dictionary for students

• réversion — [ revɛrsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • revercioun 1304; lat. reversio, de revertere 1 ♦ Dr. Droit de retour. Pension de réversion. (Parfois prononcé [ rəvɛrsjɔ̃ ] par infl. de reverser.) 2 ♦ Biol. Changement dans l A. D. N. qui inverse une altération causée par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• reversion — 1 return, recurrence, recrudescence (see under RETURN vb) 2 Reversion, atavism, throwback are comparable when they mean return to an ancestral type or an instance of such return. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are evident… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Reversion — Re*ver sion (r[ e]*v[ e]r sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]version, L. reversio a turning back. See {Revert}.] 1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he brought… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reversion of series — Reversion Re*ver sion (r[ e]*v[ e]r sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]version, L. reversio a turning back. See {Revert}.] 1. The act of returning, or coming back; return. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] After his reversion home, [he] was spoiled, also, of all that he… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• reversion — [ri vʉr′zhən, ri vʉr′shən] n. [ME < MFr < L reversio < reversus: see REVERSE] 1. a turning or being turned the opposite way; reversal 2. a reverting, or returning, as to a former state, custom, or belief 3. Biol. a) a return to a former… …   English World dictionary

• reversion — reversionally, adv. /ri verr zheuhn, sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of turning something the reverse way. 2. the state of being so turned; reversal. 3. the act of reverting; return to a former practice, belief, condition, etc. 4. Biol. a. reappearance of …   Universalium

• Réversion — La réversion est, en génétique, plus précisément dans le domaine de la biologie de l évolution, le retour d un caractère à un état primitif se manifestant par une mutation génique dans l ADN permettant de retrouver les fonctions d un gène après… …   Wikipédia en Français

• réversion — (ré vèr sion) s. f. 1°   Terme de jurisprudence. Droit en vertu duquel les biens dont une personne a disposé en faveur d une autre, lui viennent quand celle ci meurt sans enfants. •   Par le traité d Utrecht, le roi était également garant et du… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• reversion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin reversion , reversio act of returning, from revertere Date: 15th century 1. a. the part of a simple estate remaining in the control of its owner after the owner has granted therefrom a …   New Collegiate Dictionary