"turnstile" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜːnstaɪl/ [UK], /ˈtɝnstaɪl/ [US] Audio: en-us-turnstile.ogg Forms: turnstiles [plural]
Etymology: From turn + stile. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turn|stile}} turn + stile Head templates: {{en-noun}} turnstile (plural turnstiles)
  1. A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid. Translations (rotating mechanical device): պտուտակադռնակ (ptutakadṙnak) (Armenian), torniquet (Catalan), 閘機 (Chinese Cantonese), 闸机 (zaap⁶ gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 閘機 (Chinese Mandarin), 闸机 (zhájī) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 通關機 (Chinese Mandarin), 通关机 (tōngguānjī) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 驗票閘門 (Chinese Mandarin), 验票闸门 (yànpiào zhámén) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), turniket [masculine] (Czech), drejekors (Danish), tourniquet (Dutch), draaihek [neuter] (Dutch), draaikruis [neuter] (Dutch), turnbariero (Esperanto), krossbummur [masculine] (Faroese), kääntöportti (Finnish), tourniquet [masculine] (French), Drehkreuz [neuter] (German), τουρνικέ (tourniké) [neuter] (Greek), beléptetőkapu (Hungarian), forgókorlát (Hungarian), forgósorompó (Hungarian), forgókereszt (Hungarian), forgóajtó (Hungarian), krosshlið [neuter] (Icelandic), veltihlið [neuter] (Icelandic), geata casta [masculine] (Irish), tornello [masculine] (Italian), 自動改札機 (jidō kaisatsuki) (alt: じどうかいさつき) (Japanese), 개집표기 (gaejip'pyogi) (Korean), Dreipuat [neuter] (Plautdietsch), kołowrót [masculine] (Polish), turnikiet [masculine] (Polish), bramka [feminine] (Polish), bramka obrotowa [feminine] (Polish), roleta (Portuguese), catraca (Portuguese), borboleta [feminine] (Portuguese), torniquete [masculine] (Portuguese), turnichet (Romanian), турнике́т (turnikét) [masculine] (Russian), torniquete [masculine] (Spanish), torno [masculine] (Spanish), vändkors (Swedish), biling-bilingan (Tagalog), turnike (Turkish), турніке́т (turnikét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cổng xoay (Vietnamese), cổng quay (Vietnamese), cửa xoay (Vietnamese), cửa quay (Vietnamese), giât dro [feminine] (Welsh), llidiart tro [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-turnstile-en-noun-AqwxguIo Disambiguation of 'rotating mechanical device': 78 20 2
  2. A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.
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  3. (mathematics, logic) 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)". ) Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-turnstile-en-noun-jfaypbk~ Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: turnstile attendance Related terms: double turnstile [mathematics, sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "vändkors"
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      "word": "geata casta"
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      "word": "tornello"
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
      "word": "自動改札機"
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
      "word": "roleta"
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      "word": "catraca"
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      "word": "borboleta"
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
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      "word": "torniquete"
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
      "word": "cổng xoay"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "rotating mechanical device",
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      "word": "giât dro"
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