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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 {{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 launch ...
, a device for aiming missiles towards their intended target before launch * The Turret, a headland in Antarctica * Trading turret, 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( ...
, 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), 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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* It-Turretta (disambiguation) *
Tourette (disambiguation) Tourette's, or Tourette syndrome, is a neurological condition. Tourette, Tourettes, or Tourrettes may also refer to: * Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist who described the syndrome Music * Tourettes (band), a heav ...
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