turn about's Usage Examples:

decks above it through a pivot point, roll, or rowle, described as "that round piece of wood or iron wherein the whip doth go and is made turn about that.

symmetry because it appears the same when rotated by one third of a full turn about its center.

All parts of a rigid merry-go-round or turntable turn about the axis of rotation in the same amount of time.

hold the drill centrally, then as it rotates the rotating drill will turn about a secondary axis.

going to sing a little song, my name is Jim Crow, weel about and turn about and do jis so, eb"ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow.

Here, the strands turn about the helical axis in a left-handed spiral, the opposite of the more common.

Another new feature were revolving front seats which faced forward or turn about.

By doing this the Swallow would have to turn about to engage or chase the Royal Fortune which would give Roberts valuable.

A locomotive with a Bissell axle is able to both turn about its vertical axis and swing radially to the side, movements advantageous.

match where Owen Hart turned on Bret Hart, but only served to bring the turn about, not as integral players in the developing storyline.

Coming off the turn about even with Gemili and Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir out in lane 7 separated.

not chiral: the mirror image of its molecule is also obtained by a half-turn about a suitable axis.

Both ships were seriously damaged and forced to turn about to steam for the nearest port.

Synonyms:

close to, approximately, roughly, more or less, some, just about, or so, around,

Antonyms:

no, all, little, ordinary, go,