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Favorable reversal in the fortunes of a company, a market, or the economy at large. Stock market investors speculating that a poorly performing company is about to show a marked improvement in earnings might profit handsomely from its turnaround.

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noun

The act of changing or being changed from one position, direction, or course to the opposite: inversion, reversal, transposition, turnabout. See change/persist.

The length of time between arriving at a point and being ready to depart from that point. Turnaround typically refers to the time necessary to complete such procedures as the loading, unloading, refueling, and rearming of vehicles, aircraft, and ships.

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(DOD, NATO) The length of time between arriving at a point and being ready to depart from that point. It is used in this sense for the loading, unloading, re-fueling, and re-arming, where appropriate, of vehicles, aircraft, and ships. See also turnaround cycle.

i. The length of time between the arrival of an aircraft at a point and its being ready to depart from that point. It includes loading, unloading, refueling, and re-arming.
ii. A taxiway adjacent to the runway ends that the aircraft uses to change direction, hold, or bypass other aircraft.



iii. As it pertains to the flight-duty period of the flight crew, it is the time spent on the ground during a flight-duty period between two flight sectors.
iv. For civilian aircrew, a flight from a base to another airport and back on the same day, without a layover (e.g., A “Honolulu turnaround” for a Los Angeles–based crew).

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For a list of words related to turnaround, see:

• Commercial Airlines, Airports, and Air Force - turnaround: flight on which crew returns to home base on day of departure from it
• Movie People and Show Business - turnaround: status of projects which studio no longer wishes to produce but still owns

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omsætning

Nederlands (Dutch)
tijdsduur van lossen, laden en vertrek (van schip of vliegtuig), radicale ommekeer, verbetering

Français (French)
n. - volte-face, revirement, endroit pour man¯uvrer, rotation, estarie (d'un bateau)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Umschlagzeit, Ent- und Beladen, plötzliche Wendung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πλήρης μεταβολή ή μεταστροφή, (οικονομική) ανάκαμψη

Italiano (Italian)
piazzola per la svolta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - voltar para trás

Русский (Russian)
поездка туда и обратно, улучшить

Español (Spanish)
n. - cambio completo, vuelco, espacio para dar la vuelta, tiempo de entrega

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vändplats, helomvändning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
归航, 周转, 转身, 转向, 彻底改变

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 歸航, 周轉, 轉身, 轉向, 徹底改變

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 전회, U턴 지점, 반환준비

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 転回, 旋回, 百八十度の転換, 車回し場所, 折り返し準備, 所要時間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يدور حول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפנה, תפנית‬

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