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Turntable
A
turntable
is any
rotating
platform
:
a
phonograph
(or the
platter
of), for playing
phonograph records
(often utilised by
hip hop
DJs
to play and mix or "scratch"
vinyl records
, such as a 45-RPM EP, see
turntablism
)
a
device
used at some
railroad
facilities to turn a
locomotive
or other
rolling stock
around, or onto one of several
radially
arranged
rail tracks
(a
rotary
transfer table
), see:
turntable (railroad)
and also:
[1]
a
potter's wheel
or
pottery wheel
, used for
spinning
wet
pottery
into a more perfectly round
shape
a
lazy susan
, used on a
tabletop
so that items on it (such as
food
) can reached from any
position
(such as by
seated
diners )
See also
Flywheel
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