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The term Turnaround may mean:

  • Turnaround (road), a civil engineering term for a type of junction which enables traffic heading in one direction to efficiently turn around and head in the opposite direction. It is sometimes used as a synonym for cul-de-sac. The term can also refer to the maneuver of reversing a vehicle's direction (including maneuvers which require backing up, such as the three point turnaround).
  • Turnaround (music), in jazz or blues, a term referring to a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section.
  • Turnaround (film industry term), the process in film production where the rights to a project one studio has developed are sold to another studio in exchange for the cost of development. Often used as jargon meaning the death of a project.
  • Turnaround (refining), a term meaning a scheduled large-scale maintenance activity wherein an entire process unit is taken offstream for an extended period for comprehensive revamp and renewal. This operation involves a lot of preparation, and many precautions are taken because this is a dangerous operation (especially at startup).
  • Turnaround (book), an account of the turnaround of the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, by Mitt Romney (released in 2007).
  • Turnaround (Stan Rogers album), released in 1978
  • Turnaround (Westlife album), released in 2003
  • "Turnaround," a song by Alan Green, Harry Belafonte, and Malvina Reynolds
  • "Turnaround", a song by Devo, originally released as a B-Side of their single "Whip It".
  • Turnaround, a play by Roger Kumble, the third in his Pay or Play trilogy, about the dark side of the entertainment industry

Turnaround may also mean:

  • An electronics term for the action of switching an I/O port between a high-impedance input state and an active output state.
  • In logistics, turnaround time is the time between the placement of an order and its delivery.
  • In terms of postal delivery, a turnaround occurs when a letter or package is delivered to the wrong post office, and must be resent by said post office in order to arrive to the correct one.

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