(military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
Used in a Sentence
turret
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for turret.
Editorial note
Something like calculating a ballistic trajectory for autonomous gun turret with statistical analysis of precision via feedback loop.
Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of turret gathered in one view.
(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
(electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for turret.
noun
(military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
See also: gun-turret, gun-enclosure
noun
(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
See also: gun-turret, gun-enclosure
noun
(electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
See also: gun-turret, gun-enclosure
noun
(rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
See also: gun-turret, gun-enclosure
Example sentences
Something like calculating a ballistic trajectory for autonomous gun turret with statistical analysis of precision via feedback loop.
The first link you posted mentions the USS Iowa Gun Turret explosion, another shocking tale of negligence.
If you wanted to go faster, a good option was to turn the turret backwards and fire.
It's designed to shoot through the top of the tank, either the turret, or the engine.
This may not always result in an explosive, turret tossing engagement, but it definitely will result in a mission kill.
There were laptops with plasma screens (grid compass 2 = turret from 'Aliens'), or EL.
For weapon systems, a small turret with a heavy machine gun and maybe a mortar.
They also used SFX from Team Fortress 2 when they put down the turret.
On the other hand if they start using turret mounted automatic weapons such a MK19 then that's going to be a problem.
Because tanks only have that sort of armour on their frontal aspect and turret sides, and the top armour is very thin.
Even if the turret top is armoured enough it is likely the engine deck can be penetrated and produce a mobility kill.
I think this one counts - look at the aliasing on the player's avatar's turret, and the rotating coins.
Quote examples
In particular, the technology for a completely unmanned, turret with an autoloader replacing the human loader and camera systems replacing "stick your head out and have a look", has been around for decades; there are reasons it's had only limited use.
> In particular, the technology for a completely unmanned, turret with an autoloader replacing the human loader and camera systems replacing "stick your head out and have a look", has been around for decades; there are reasons it's had only limited use.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use turret in a sentence?
Something like calculating a ballistic trajectory for autonomous gun turret with statistical analysis of precision via feedback loop.
What does turret mean?
(military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
What part of speech is turret?
turret is commonly used as noun.