Turing

American  

[toor-ing] / ˈtʊər ɪŋ /

noun

1. Alan Mathison 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.

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Turing British  

/ ˈtjʊərɪŋ /

noun

1. Alan Mathison . 1912–54, English mathematician, who was responsible for formal description of abstract automata, and speculation on computer imitation of humans: a leader of the Allied codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II

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Turing Scientific  

/ tr′ĭng /

1. British mathematician who in 1937 formulated a precise mathematical concept for a theoretical computing machine, a key step in the development of the first computer. After the war he designed computers for the British government and helped in developing the concept of artificial intelligence.

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Example Sentences

Long before the modern GPU, computer-science legends like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon — the namesake of Anthropic’s large language model — used chess to model human logic and cognition.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

What became known as the Turing Test doesn’t stipulate how a machine achieves this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Novelist Jane Austen, artist J. M. W. Turner and mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, are also due to be phased out on the £10, £20 and £50 banknotes respectively as part of a redesign.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The Alan Turing Institute, a national centre for data science and AI, found "no evidence" that AI-enabled deepfakes or disinformation had a meaningful impact on the result of the general election in 2024.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“Look here, Turing, old sport, you won’t believe it, but remember that silver you buried in the woods?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin