Noun

(en noun)

The act of turning to face in the other direction.

A reversal of policy.

The time required to carry out a task.

They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.

A turnabout.

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(music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.

(music) The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.

Noun

(en noun)

A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

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Act of turning on one foot.

* 2012 , Banking reform: Sticking together , The Economist, 18th August issue

Sandy Weill was the man who stitched Citigroup together in the 1990s and in the process helped bury the Glass-Steagall act, a Depression-era law separating retail and investment banking. Last month he performed a perfect pivot : he now wants regulators to undo his previous work.

(military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

(roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

(computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.