turnstile
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas,…A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
» Tom tried to hop the turnstile without paying.
Том попытался перелезть через турникет, не заплатив.
Meaning
3 sensesA rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
an efficient system for funneling crowds through turnstiles
Drehkreuz
турнике́тturnikét
турніке́тturnikét
A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.
The ⊢ symbol used to represent logical entailment (deducibility relation), especially of the syntactic type; i.e., syntactic consequence. (Such symbol can be read as "prove(s)" or "give(s)". )
- a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
Examples
4 sentencesTom tried to hop the turnstile without paying.
ruТом попытался перелезть через турникет, не заплатив.
New turnstiles have been installed in the subway.
ruВ метро установили новые турникеты.
As he was walking toward the train, his bag got caught on the turnstile.
This turnstile doesn't work.
ruЭтот турникет не работает.
Translations
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Forms
plural: turnstiles| Singular | turnstile |
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