What does turning mean?

Definitions for turning
ˈtɜr nɪŋturn·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn, turningnoun

    the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

    "he took a turn to the right"

  2. turningnoun

    act of changing in practice or custom

    "the law took many turnings over the years"

  3. turningnoun

    a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

  4. turning, turnnoun

    a movement in a new direction

    "the turning of the wind"

  5. turningnoun

    the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

  6. turningnoun

    the activity of shaping something on a lathe

Wiktionary

  1. turningnoun

    A turn or deviation from a straight course.

  2. turningnoun

    A shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.

  3. turningnoun

    Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Turningverb

    Flexure; winding; meander.

    Etymology: from turn.

    I ran with headlong haste
    Thro’ paths and turnings often trod by day. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. Turning

    Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helix toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates. Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the generation of external surfaces by this cutting action, whereas this same essential cutting action when applied to internal surfaces (holes, of one kind or another) is called "boring". Thus the phrase "turning and boring" categorizes the larger family of processes known as lathing. The cutting of faces on the workpiece, whether with a turning or boring tool, is called "facing", and may be lumped into either category as a subset. Turning can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using an automated lathe which does not. Today the most common type of such automation is computer numerical control, better known as CNC. (CNC is also commonly used with many other types of machining besides turning.) When turning, the workpiece (a piece of relatively rigid material such as wood, metal, plastic, or stone) is rotated and a cutting tool is traversed along 1, 2, or 3 axes of motion to produce precise diameters and depths. Turning can be either on the outside of the cylinder or on the inside (also known as boring) to produce tubular components to various geometries. Although now quite rare, early lathes could even be used to produce complex geometric figures, even the platonic solids; although since the advent of CNC it has become unusual to use non-computerized toolpath control for this purpose. The turning processes are typically carried out on a lathe, considered to be the oldest of machine tools, and can be of different types such as straight turning, taper turning, profiling or external grooving. Those types of turning processes can produce various shapes of materials such as straight, conical, curved, or grooved workpieces. In general, turning uses simple single-point cutting tools. Each group of workpiece materials has an optimum set of tool angles that have been developed through the years. The bits of waste metal from turning operations are known as chips (North America), or swarf (Britain). In some areas they may be known as turnings. The tool's axes of movement may be literally a straight line, or they may be along some set of curves or angles, but they are essentially linear (in the non mathematical sense). A component that is subject to turning operations can be termed as a “Turned Part” or “Machined Component”. Turning operations are carried out on a lathe machine which can be manually or CNC operated.

ChatGPT

  1. turning

    Turning is the act or process of changing the direction or position of something, often by rotating it or moving it in a different direction. It involves a shift in orientation or movement to face a different direction or follow a different path. Turning can be applied to various objects, such as vehicles, machinery, or even people, and it is commonly used to change the trajectory or route of an object or to pivot around a fixed point.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Turning

    of Turn

  2. Turningnoun

    the act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander

  3. Turningnoun

    the place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road

  4. Turningnoun

    deviation from the way or proper course

  5. Turningnoun

    turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various by means of a lathe and cutting tools

  6. Turningnoun

    the pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned

  7. Turningnoun

    a maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned

Wikidata

  1. Turning

    Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotary tool bit, describes a helical toolpath by moving more or less linearly while the workpiece rotates. The tool's axes of movement may be literally a straight line, or they may be along some set of curves or angles, but they are essentially linear. Usually the term "turning" is reserved for the generation of external surfaces by this cutting action, whereas this same essential cutting action when applied to internal surfaces is called "boring". Thus the phrase "turning and boring" categorizes the larger family of processes. The cutting of faces on the workpiece, whether with a turning or boring tool, is called "facing", and may be lumped into either category as a subset. Turning can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using an automated lathe which does not. Today the most common type of such automation is computer numerical control, better known as CNC.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. turning

    In tactics, a manœuvre by which an enemy or position is turned.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'turning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1817

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'turning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1925

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turning in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of turning in a Sentence

  1. Adnan Abdelkarim:

    In the event the regime advances..., either we will die storming the Turkish wall and fleeing with our families...or slaughter ourselves by turning ourselves over.

  2. Richard Blumenthal:

    Congress must seize this historic moment — a pivotal turning point for reining in Big Tech, having seen Big Tech's harms and abuses, in our hearings and their own lives, Americans are ready for action — and results.

  3. Ryan McEachron:

    Anderson Cooper 360? at which point everybody on the freeway just started turning their vehicles around.

  4. Jeremy Farrar:

    The more we learn about these two treatments, ...the closer we can get to turning Ebola from a terrifying disease to one that is preventable and treatable, we won't ever get rid of Ebola but we should be able to stop these outbreaks from turning into major national and regional epidemics.

  5. I Ching:

    Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones.

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