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Meaning of turnaround

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  turnaround
      n 1: time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
           [syn: {turnaround}, {turnaround time}]
      2: a decision to reverse an earlier decision [syn: {reversal},
         {change of mind}, {flip-flop}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}]
      3: an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
      4: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a
         vessel or aircraft for a return trip [syn: {turnaround},
         {turnround}]
      5: turning in the opposite direction [syn: {reversion},
         {reverse}, {reversal}, {turnabout}, {turnaround}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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