Look up: turning

1. turning
   [n] - a movement in a new direction 2. [n] - act of changing in practice or custom
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2. Turning
   Certain forms made on the potters wheel will not support themselves unless excess clay is left at the base. The solution to this problem is turning (done at the leather hard stage). The pot is inverted onto a potters wheel and a metal cutting tool is applied to the bottom of the pot until the desired finish is achieved.
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3. Turning
   A method used in patients who spend much time in one position in bed. The nursing staff or carer, with or without the help of specialist equipment, moves the person into another position so that no one body area receives continual pressure.
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4. turning
   turning operation producing the outer surface(contour)of the workpiece Category: Mechanical engineering • the manoeuvre by which a parachutist turns his body,generally to face the direction of drift,by pulling on particular rigging lines Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
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5. turning
   The shaping of wood and other materials such as metal and ivory on a lathe. The material is clamped onto the lathe and rotated, or turned, at an even rate while the craftsman shapes it by cutting or filing, so producing a symmetrically carved object. Wood turning has been a principal decorative effect on furniture since medieval times and developed …
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6. turning
   turn noun a movement in a new direction; `the turning of the wind`
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7. turning
   noun the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
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8. turning
   noun a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
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9. turning
   noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; `he took a turn to the right`
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10. Turning
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Turn • (n.) The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. • (n.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. • (n.) The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned. • (n.) Deviation from the way or p...
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11. turning
    (from the article `pottery`) Turning is the process of finishing the greenware (unfired ware) after it has dried to leather hardness. The technique is used to smooth and finish ...
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12. Turning
    The lathing process that shapes columns, table and chair legs, finals, pedestals, urns, etc. Also applied as a noun to describe the resulting piece.
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13. TURNING
    The term used to describe the turning of a plant on a daily basis in an effort to achieve balanced growth from all directions.
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14. Turning
    `Turning` is the process whereby a single point cutting tool is parallel to the surface. It can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe, which frequently requires continuous supervision by the operator, or by using a computer controlled and automated lathe which does not. This type of machi...
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