BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Turn

  • the difference between a market maker's bid and offer prices

Wiktionary Definition for: Turn

  • To rotate (in driving usually 90°); spin.
  • Ex: '''''Turn''' the knob clockwise.''
  • To position by rotating, spinning or flipping.
  • Ex: '''''Turn''' back the covers.''
  • To change; transform.
  • Ex: ''The leaves '''turn''' color in autumn.''
  • To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
  • Ex: ''The prisoners '''turned''' on the warden.''
  • To machine or shape by rotating the workpiece against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
  • Ex: ''She '''turned''' the table legs with care and precision.''
  • To sour or spoil; to go bad.
  • Ex: ''This milk has '''turned;''' it smells awful.''
  • ''(usually with "over"):'' To complete.
  • Ex: ''They say they can '''turn''' the parts in two days.''
  • # cricket (''of a bowler'') to make the ball move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
  • # cricket (''of a ball'') to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
  • #(''professional wrestling'') In professional wrestling, to change personalities such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
  • A rotate rotation or spin.
  • Ex:''Give the handle a full '''turn,''' then pull up on it.''
  • The chance to use an item shared in sequence with others.
  • Ex: ''They took '''turns''' playing with the new toy.''
  • A figure in music, often notated ''~'', consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again (see w:Ornament.)
  • ''(usually with "around"):'' The time required to complete a project.
  • Ex: ''They quote a three-day '''turn''' on parts like those.''
  • A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • Ex:''She took a '''turn''' for the worse.''
  • # cricket a sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
  • # poker The fourth communal card in Texas hold'em poker
  • #(electric) the basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor.
  • first-person singular present tense of turnen; perform gymnastics
  • tower
  • #gymnastics
  • tower

Additional Resources

Appiphilia: Finding your way through turn-by-turn nav apps for iPhone
This summer, iPhones got the ability to tell you where to go and how to get there with voice-guided navigation apps. As of Monday, TomTom joined the small group of apps available with voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. Sygic and Navigon both had apps available earlier this summer for iPhone and now other...
Tags: app, TomTom
News items 2009-08-18
Google adds free turn-by-turn navigation, car dock UI to Android 2.0 (video)
Those nat service providers' fears were actually quite justified. Google today unveiled Maps Navigation (beta, of course), an extremely upgraded version of its current Maps software that'll be free and, from what we understand, available by default on all Android 2.0 devices. All the usual Maps features are...
Tags: Google Inc., Car, navigation, Maps Navigation
News items 2009-10-28
To everything, turn-by-turn.(TeleNav GPS Navigation)(BlackBerry)(Brief Article)
TeleNav GPS Navigation is the first GPS application available on the BlackBerry platform with real-time, turn-by-turn GPS navigation, according to Nextel Communications. Offered by Nextel, TeleNav, Inc. and Research in Motion, the Java-based naviga TeleNav GPS Navigation is the first GPS application available on...
Tags: GPS, Nextel Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry
Research articles 2005-09-01
Turn bays change direction or flip webs over.(Webex Inc. introduces Webex turn bays )(Brief article)
Webex turn bays are designed to flip webs over or to change web path by 90 degrees. Available in multiple styles and configurations with thoughtful design and rugged construction, these turn bays are ideal for quality performance with most web materi Webex turn bays are designed...
Tags: bay, Components, Web, WebEx Communications Inc.
Research articles 2007-03-01
I WOULD NOT TURN IN THE OMAGH BOMBERS; EXCLUSIVE: BBC writer's shock
A BBC screenwriter sensationally admitted that he wouldn't turn in the Omagh bombers if he knew who they were. Former terror suspect and republican Ronan Bennett answered bluntly "no" when asked if he would. In explanation he added: "Turn them in to the RUC?...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp.
Research articles 2000-10-15
Herrick Lake turn lane coming, but not yet.(Neighbor)(Traffic Q & A)
Q. Why isn't there a left-turn lane for drivers heading west on Butterfield who want to turn into Herrick Lake Forest Preserve? It's very dangerous because other drivers come up at about 50 mph behind cars who are trying to make that left turn, and...
Tags: car, Illinois, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2006-08-14
Industry Moves: Turn Gets New CEO In Bill Demas
Ad network and targeting firm Turn has promoted Bill Demas to CEO. Demas pictured joined the company last December as president and COO; he’d been a board member since 2007. Demas is replacing Turn co-founder Jim Barnett, who will continue on as Chairman. Demas has over two decades of...
Tags: Advertisement, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Industry, Exec, Bill Demas, Corporate Governance, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Advertising, Industry Moves, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-09-10
Teletrac creates turn-by-turn automated navigation system.(NEWS AND TRENDS)
Teletrac, Inc. has announced the availability of the FleetDirector Turn-By-Turn vehicle-routing and navigation system. The TBT software module provides speed-calibrated, real-time, turn-by-turn, verbal directions to guide drivers to their selected destinations. As an integrated component of FleetDirector's proprietary eClient fleet-management software suite, TBT allows dispatchers...
Tags: Teletrac Inc.
Research articles 2006-12-01
Google Maps Navigation takes a turn
Don't try this on game day, but the new Google Maps Navigation application will show you how to take a spin past Boston's Fenway Park.(Credit: Google)You can almost hear the portable navigation industry swearing already.Google will announce plans Wednesday to release a new Android application called Google Maps Navigation. When...
Tags: Google Inc., Google Maps
News items 2009-10-28
SGI'S CHINA MARKETING DIRECTOR TAKES TURN AS ISA CHAIRMAN
AsiaInfo Services 07-18-2007 SGI's China Marketing Director Takes Turn as ISA Chairman BEIJING, Jul 18, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Zhang Lingling, marketing supervisor for SGI's Greater China region, has taken the turn as the chairman of Ita AsiaInfo Services...
Tags: Intel Corp., ISA, Silicon Graphics Inc.
Research articles 2007-07-18
U-Turn Media Group and Grupo ADI team up to offer a new enhanced version of their mobile tourist guides; Following the successful launch of the mobile tourist guides at last year's 3GSM World Congress, U-Turn and Grupo ADI will be distributing a new offli
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 February 2008-U-Turn Media Group: U-Turn Media Group and Grupo ADI team up to offer a new enhanced version of their mobile tourist guides; Following the successful launch of the mobile tourist guides at last year's 3GSM World Congress, U-Turn and Grupo ADI will be...
Tags: 3GSM, Barcelona, GPS, MARKETING, media, mobile, team, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2008-02-05
Klein Tools introduces QTR-Turn NM cable stripper/cutter
Klein Tools said it has added a new QTR-Turn NM cable stripper /cutter (Cat. No. K1412-3) with Klein-Kurve handles to its existing line of strippers and cutters. The new cable stripper/cutter utilizes exclusive QTR-Turn technology to quickly remove the outer jacket of nonmetallic NM cable. The user places the cable...
Tags: Klein Tools Inc.
Research articles 2008-01-01
Turn Key Services to Resell Artera Turbo; Available To Consumers At www.turn-keyservices.com Portal
Business Editors WESTPORT, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 20, 2003 Turn Key Services, an Internet Service Provider ISP, will resell Artera TurboTM subscription service from Artera Group Inc., a subsidiary of NCT Group, Inc. (OTCBB: NCTI). The reseller will make the service available on the Internet at www.turn-keyservices.com. "This...
Tags: Key Services Inc.
Research articles 2003-02-20
Turn Your Documents into MP3 Files
Now that you know how to turn your voicemails into written documents, its also cool to be able to do the opposite. MagneticTime is a software app that lets you turn documents and emails into mp3 files for your iPod or handheld so that you can still have access to...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, David Goldenberg, General, Software, Time-Savers, MagneticTime, MP3
Blog posts 2007-03-12
Turn Your Blockbuster Card into a Hotel Key
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Tags: Blockbuster Inc.
Discussion threads 2007-04-12
Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointment
Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an AppointmentCreate TasksSame idea to create a new task from an email.RE: Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointmentfantastic ! Thanks.RE: Outlook Tip: Turn an E-mail Into an Appointmentcool.. it works on outlook 2007 as well..
Tags: e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook tip
Discussion threads 2008-02-18
TeleNav Launches Turn-by-Turn GPS Navigation on the RIM BlackBerry 7100i; Continues Focus to Bring Real-Time Navigation to Consumer Market
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & WATERLOO, Ontario -- TeleNav Inc. today announced the availability of TeleNav's GPS Navigator, a Java-based GPS navigation application that offers visual and audible, turn-by-turn driving directions and mapping, on the BlackBerry 7100iTM from Research In Motion RIM (Nasdaq:RIMM).
Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry
Research articles 2006-02-13
Space savings. (Conveyors).(PSC Flo-Turn)(Brief Article)
Time is money, and at manufacturing facilities, so is floor space. So when manufacturers can minimize space occupied by conveyor systems, they benefit. That's why PSC Flo-Turn, a designer and builder of conveyor systems, developed Spiral Flo-Turn. It Time is money, and at manufacturing facilities, so...
Tags: PSC Inc.
Research articles 2002-09-01
OnStar's Turn-by-Turn Navigation Rivals Traditional Systems: TRG Predicts Subscriber Growth
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Tags: OnStar
Research articles 2006-02-08
Major Upgrade of ''InfoSpace Find It!'' Debuts at CTIA; New Version Takes Online Advertisers Mobile, Adds Spoken Turn-by-Turn Directions and Millions of Content Listings
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Leading mobile media and technology company InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ: INSP) today added spoken turn-by-turn directions, integrated performance-based advertising and 15 million points of interest to InfoSpace Find It!, the first comprehensive location-based application which helps consumers easily and quickly find everything from nearby restaurants and movie times...
Tags: CTIA, InfoSpace Inc., mobile
Research articles 2006-09-12