Turnkey vs Complete - What's the difference?
turnkey | complete |
ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture)
*1980 , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 1980, Kathleen Bailey,
*:Third World countries no longer want to purchase nuclear projects on a turn-key basis; they want to receive advanced technical training as well.
A warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.
* 1836 , ,
to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use
To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
To make whole or entire.
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
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, title=Well-connected Brains
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Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete . The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
(Generic intensifier).
(analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.
(algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
(math, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.
(logic, of a proof system of a formal system) With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed formula which is (semantically) valid must also be provable.Sainsbury, Mark [2001] Logical Forms : An Introduction to Philosophical Logic . Blackwell Publishing, Hong Kong (2010), p. 358.
* Gödel's first incompleteness theorem showed that Principia'' could not be both consistent and complete. According to the theorem, for every sufficiently powerful logical system (such as ''Principia''), there exists a statement ''G'' that essentially reads, "The statement ''G'' cannot be proved." Such a statement is a sort of Catch-22: if ''G'' is provable, then it is false, and the system is therefore inconsistent; and if ''G is not provable, then it is true, and the system is therefore incomplete.(w)
As verbs the difference between turnkey and complete
is that turnkey is to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use while complete is .As an adjective turnkey
is ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).As a noun turnkey
is a warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison.turnkey
English
Adjective
(-)- They wanted a turnkey solution for the entire system, but we could only provide the enclosure.
When and why weapons; page 42
Noun
(en noun)The Pickwick papers
- ...they passed through an open door into a lobby, from which a heavy gate, opposite to that by which they had entered, and which was guarded by a stout turnkey with the key in his hand, led at once into the interior of the prison.
Verb
(en verb)- We can sell you all the parts, or we can turnkey the entire unit.
complete
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Alternative forms
* compleat (archaic)Verb
(complet)- He completed the assignment on time.
- The last chapter completes the book nicely.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* accomplish * finishAdjective
(en-adj)citation, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
