Turret may refer to: *

Turret (architecture) In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of m ...

, a small tower that projects above the wall of a building *

Gun turret A gun turret (or simply turret) is a mounting platform from which weapons can be fired that affords protection, visibility and ability to turn and aim. A modern gun turret is generally a rotatable weapon mount that houses the crew or mechanis ...

, a mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon * Objective turret, an indexable holder of multiple lenses in an optical microscope *

Missile turret {{unreferenced, date=March 2016 A missile turret is a device used to aim missiles towards their targets before launch. Similarly to gun turrets they have been used on warships and vehicles on the ground. In most roles articulated missile launc ...

, a device for aiming missiles towards their intended target before launch *

The Turret The Turret () is a conspicuous rocky headland, 460 m high, at the south side of the entrance to Gibbon Bay on the east coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Probably first sighted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel ...

, a headland in Antarctica *

Trading turret A trading turret or dealer board is a specialized telephony key system that is generally used by financial traders on their trading desks. Trading has progressed from floor trading through phone trading to electronic trading during the later ...

, a specialised telephony key system *

Turret (anatomy) ''Haliclona anonyma'', the turret sponge or tubular fan sponge, is a species of demosponge.Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. ''Afr. Nat. Hist''. 1(1 ...

, an element of the anatomy of a turret sponge * Turret (character), a character in the television series ''Dino-Riders'' * Turret (electronics), an element of a turret board that is soldered to electronic components to complete a circuit layout *

Turret (superstructure) A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages i ...

, an element in the design of turret deck ships *

Turret (toolholder) The turret lathe is a form of metalworking lathe that is used for repetitive production of duplicate parts, which by the nature of their cutting process are usually interchangeable. It evolved from earlier lathes with the addition of the ''turre ...

, an indexable holder of multiple tools ** Turret lathe, a lathe with a turret toolholder *

Turret (Hadrian's Wall) A turret was a small watch tower, incorporated into the curtain wall of Hadrian's Wall. The turrets were normally spaced at intervals of one third of a Roman mile (equivalent to ) between Milecastles, giving two Turrets between each Milecastle. ...

, one of a series of watchtowers

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