To turn is to rotate, either continuously like a wheel turns on its axle, or in a finite motion changing an object's orientation. Turn may also refer to:

Sports and games

* Turn (game), a segment of a game * Turn (poker), the fourth of five community cards * Turn (dance and gymnastics), rotation of the body * Turn (swimming), reversing direction at the end of a pool * Turn (professional wrestling), a transition between face and heel * Turn, a quality of spin bowling in cricket

Science and technology

* Turn (knot), a component of a knot * Turning, shaping wood or metal using a lathe * Turn (biochemistry), an element of secondary structure in proteins * Turn (unit), a unit of angle * Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN), a computer network protocol * A loop of wire in an

electromagnetic coil An electromagnetic coil is an electrical Electrical conductivity, conductor such as a wire in the shape of a wiktionary:coil, coil (spiral or helix). Electromagnetic coils are used in electrical engineering, in applications where electric curre ...

Entertainment

Film and television

* ''Turn'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''The Turn'' (film), a 2012 short film * '' Turn: Washington's Spies'', a 2014 television series on AMC, which takes place during the American Revolutionary War * "The Turn", an episode of ''One Day at a Time'' (2017 TV series)

Literature

* Turn (poetry), or volta, a major shift in a poem's rhetorical and/or dramatic trajectory * ''The Turn'' (novel), a 1902 novel by Luigi Pirandello * ''The Turn'', an epidemic in Kim Harrison's '' Hollows'' series

Music

* Turn (band), an Irish rock group * Turn (music), a sequence of adjacent notes in the scale * Turn Records, an independent record label based in Santa Clara, California, US * Turn, a type of musical ornament

Albums

* ''Turn'' (The Ex album), 2004 * ''Turn'' (Great Big Sea album), 1999 * ''Turn'' (Roscoe Mitchell album) or the title song, 2005 * ''Turn'' (Turn album), 2005 * ''The Turn'' (Alison Moyet album), 2007 * ''The Turn'' (Live album), 2014 * ''The Turn'' (Taxi Violence album) or the title song, 2009 * ''The Turn'', by Amber Pacific, 2014 * ''The Turn'', by Fredo Viola, 2008

Songs

* "Turn" (Feeder song), 2001 * "Turn" (Therapy? song), 1993 * "Turn" (Travis song), 1999 * "Turn" (The Wombats song), 2017 * "Turn", by Christie Front Drive from '' Christie Front Drive'', 1994 * "Turn", by Dramatis from '' For Future Reference'', 1981 * "Turn", by Hexedene from '' Choking on Lilies'', 1997 * "Turn", by New Order from '' Waiting for the Sirens' Call'', 2005

Places

* Turn, Kočevje, a former settlement in Slovenia * Turn Village, in Lancashire, England * Tirns, (West Frisian: ''Turns'') a village in the Netherlands

Other uses

* Johannes Türn (1899–1993), Estonian chess player * Turn (policy debate), an argument that proves the opposite * TURN (The Utility Reform Network), a consumer advocacy organization in California, US * Inventory turns, a management concept * Linguistic turn * Historical turn * Cultural turn * Aretaic turn