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Revaluation model

The revaluation model is the IAS 16 alternative to the cost model, carrying property, plant, and equipment at fair value at the revaluation date less subsequent depreciation and impairment.

Revamilast

Revamilast (GRC 4039) is an oral, selective PDE4 inhibitor developed by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals for inflammatory conditions; it reached phase 2 trials in asthma and rheumatoid arthritis but development is discontinued or unknown.

Revan

Revan (Darth Revan, Prodigal Knight) is the fictional Star Wars character introduced as the customizable player character of BioWare's 2003 Knights of the Old Republic: a Jedi turned Sith Dark Lord, amnesiac and redeemed in Legends, partially recanonized in 2019.

Revance Therapeutics

Revance Therapeutics, formerly Essentia Biosystems, was a Newark, California biopharmaceutical company that developed botulinum toxin products, best known for the long-acting neuromodulator DAXXIFY; Crown Laboratories acquired it in 2025.

Revanche (Реванш)

Revanche (Реванш) is a 2008 Austrian crime drama by Götz Spielmann: a brothel driver's bank robbery kills his lover Tamara, leading toward revenge; Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language Film.

Revanche Tactical Group

Revanche Tactical Group (Тактична група «Реванш»), also called Tactical Group Revenge, is a Ukrainian volunteer formation of HUR military intelligence's International Legion, formed February 28, 2022 from Tradition and Order nationalists; it fought at Kyiv, Chasiv Yar, and Stepnohirsk and recruits foreign volunteers.

Revanchism

Revanchism, from French revanche, is the nationalist policy of recovering by war territory or prestige lost after defeat. Key cases: French Revanche after 1871, Versailles Germany, Cold War usage, and Russia over Crimea.

Revanth Reddy (అనుముల రేవంత్ రెడ్డి)

Anumula Revanth Reddy (అనుముల రేవంత్ రెడ్డి), born 1969, is Telangana's Chief Minister since December 2023; former TDP MLA from Kodangal, Malkajgiri MP, and TPCC chief who led Congress to the 2023 state victory.

Revascularization strategy in chronic coronary disease

Revascularization strategy in chronic coronary disease is the choice among PCI, CABG, and medical therapy for stable disease, relieving angina and improving survival in selected anatomic subsets.

Revata Khadiravaniya

Revata Khadiravaniya (रेवत) was an arahant disciple of the Buddha and youngest brother of Sāriputta, named foremost among forest-dwelling monks for living in an acacia grove.

Revathi

Revathi (ரேவதி), born Asha Kelunni in 1966 in Kochi, is an Indian actress-director in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada cinema; debut Mann Vasanai (1983), three National Film Awards, known for Mouna Ragam, Kilukkam, Thevar Magan.

Revaz Mindorashvili

Revaz Mindorashvili (რევაზ მინდორაშვილი), Georgian freestyle wrestler born 1976 in Kolagi; 84 kg light-heavyweight. Olympic gold 2008 Beijing, world champion 2005, European champion 2003; later Georgia's freestyle head coach.

Reve Image

Reve Image is a proprietary text-to-image model family from startup Reve AI in Palo Alto, California, first released in March 2025 and noted for prompt adherence and typography.

Reveal (R.E.M. album)

Reveal is R.E.M.'s twelfth studio album, released May 15, 2001 on Warner Bros. The second post-Bill Berry album, produced by Pat McCarthy, it hit #1 in the UK (Platinum), #6 in the US (Gold), scored Metacritic 76, and includes "Imitation of Life."

Revealed preference

Revealed preference is the method of inferring a consumer's preferences from observed choices under known budget constraints rather than stated reports, introduced by Paul Samuelson in 1938.

Revefenacin

Revefenacin (Yupelri, TD-4208) is a once-daily, nebulized long-acting muscarinic antagonist approved by the FDA in November 2018 for COPD maintenance, the only once-daily nebulized LAMA, dosed 175 mcg/3 mL via standard jet nebulizer.

Revegetation

Revegetation is the establishment or re-establishment of vegetation on land where it has been lost or is inadequate, by natural processes, seeding, or planting, often to control erosion.

Reveglucosidase alfa

Reveglucosidase alfa (BMN 701, GILT-tagged rhGAA) was BioMarin's investigational IGF2-tagged enzyme replacement therapy for late-onset Pompe disease; its phase 1/2 trial showed respiratory gains but dose-related hypoglycemia, and the program was discontinued in 2016 without approval.

Reveille

Reveille is the dawn bugle or drum call that wakes military personnel and opens the military day, from French reveiller. Distinguished from the shorter Rouse, the evening Last Post, and the US flag-raising ceremony.

Revel Systems

Revel Systems is an American point-of-sale software company founded in 2010 by Lisa Falzone and Chris Ciabarra, offering an iPad-based platform for restaurants and retail.

Revelación

Revelación is Selena Gomez's first all-Spanish EP, released March 12, 2021 on Interscope. Seven reggaeton and Latin pop tracks produced with Tainy, it debuted at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and earned a Best Latin Pop Album Grammy nomination.

Revelation

Revelation, or divine revelation, is in theology the disclosure of God or divine truth to human beings, distinguished as general revelation, available to all, and special revelation to a limited group.

Revelation Space

Revelation Space (2000) is Alastair Reynolds's debut novel, a gothic hard science fiction space opera about Dan Sylveste, the extinct Amarantin, and the Ultras, set near Yellowstone around Epsilon Eridani with no faster-than-light travel.

Revelations (2025 film)

Revelations (계시록) is a 2025 South Korean Netflix psychological thriller directed by Yeon Sang-ho, adapted from his 2022 webtoon with Choi Gyu-seok, starring Ryu Jun-yeol, Shin Hyun-been, and Shin Min-jae, executive produced by Alfonso Cuarón, released March 21, 2025.

Revelations of Divine Love

Revelations of Divine Love is a Christian mystical work by the anchoress Julian of Norwich, recording sixteen visions of Christ she experienced during a nearly fatal illness in May 1373.

Revelations: Persona

Revelations: Persona, the 1996 North American PlayStation localization of Megami Ibunroku Persona (女神異聞録ペルソナ), Atlus' first Persona RPG, known for heavy Americanized localization and the removed Snow Queen Quest route.

Revelle Inlet

Revelle Inlet, also Revelle Bay or Revelle, Ensenada, is an ice-filled inlet on the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula, at about 68°40'S 63°26'W, bounded by Cape Keeler and feeding flow units of the Larsen C Ice Shelf.

Revelstoke Capital Partners

Revelstoke Capital Partners is a Denver, Colorado private equity firm founded in 2013 by Simon Bachleda that invests in healthcare services, healthcare technology, and health and wellness companies.

Revelstoke hydroelectric plant

The Revelstoke hydroelectric plant, also known as Revelstoke Dam and Generating Station, is a 2,480 MW BC Hydro station on the Columbia River in British Columbia.

Revenant

Revenant, from French revenir (to return), is the returning dead of European folklore: a ghost or reanimated corpse recorded as fact in medieval chronicles, ancestor of the vampire.