;General
- Generally, a can be a change of the direction of a movement or a change in orientation, and it is often also used in a metaphorical sense, contrary to Straight .
- can mean to spoil or go off:
- ---''This milk has turned.''
;Games
- In games, Game Turn is a very common concept. See also Turn-based Game
- In poker, the Turn is the fourth of five community cards dealt; the term is used mainly in Texas Hold 'em and Omaha .
- In multiplayer games where only one participant is active at any time and the active role passes from one player to another refers to that period where the participant is active with the other players not allowed to intervene. For example: "It is now your turn to deal". The word '''go''' can have the same meaning. The same sense of a right to uninterupted or unimpeded action occurs in other areas:
- ---''It was her turn to speak at the meeting.''
- ---''The party felt it was their turn to be in charge.''
- in Dungeons & Dragons , Cleric s can turn Undead to destroy them.
;Science
- In geometry, a is a unit of angular measure equal to 360°. So, for Coil s the number of turns idicates the number of times that a wire makes a loop around the Axis of the coil.
- In biochemistry, a is a U-shaped four residue segment of a protein. Turns are stabilized by hydrogen bonds between their arms.
- In Computer Network s, Traversal Using Relay NAT
;Social
- In trading, the or ''spread'' is the difference between the buying and the selling price.
- In Policy Debate , a Turn is when an argument that was initially made to support a policy action is shown to adversely affect that action.
;History
- The Tourn made by sheriffs in medieval England
;Music
;Other entertainment
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