Turret may refer to: * Turret (architecture), a small tower that projects above the wall of a building * Gun turret, a mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon * Objective turret, an indexable holder of multiple lenses in an optical microscope * Missile turret, 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 Nathanie ...

, a headland in Antarctica * Trading turret, a specialised telephony key system * Turret (anatomy), 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 ...

, 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), one of a series of watchtowers

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