About The Word Turning
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Turning Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Turning?
[n] act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"
[n] the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right" [n] a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind" [adj] turning about an axis Synonyms | Synonyms for Turning: moving | revolving | rotating | turn | turn | wheeling Related Terms | Find terms related to Turning: See Also | change | change of course | coming back | deflection | deflexion | deviation | digression | divagation | diversion | gyration | kick turn | left | motion | movement | return | reversal | revolution | right | rotation | stem | stem turn | swerve | swerve | swerving | telemark | three-point turn | turn around | veering | version | volution | yaw Turning In Webster's Dictionary \Turn"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding;
a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
Through paths and turnings often trod by day.
--Milton.
2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge.
3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar.
4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various
by means of a lathe and cutting tools.
5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of
turning from the material turned.
6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is
turned.
{Turning and boring mill}, a kind of lathe having a vertical
spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring
large work.
{Turning bridge}. See the Note under {Drawbridge}.
{Turning engine}, an engine lathe.
{Turning lathe}, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
{Turning pair}. See the Note under {Pair}, n.
{Turning point}, the point upon which a question turns, and
which decides a case.
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