turn indicator

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noun Aeronautics.

a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.

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Origin of turn indicator

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby turn indicator

Turner's syndrome, Turner's tooth, turnery, turn for the better, turn in, turn indicator, turning, turning chisel, turning circle, turning piece, turning point

How to use turn indicator in a sentence

So far, all the players seemed to be willing to wait their turn.
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Third parties in turn quibbled with his accounts, and he was irritated, but not overly so.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Who do you turn to now when you have a decision to make, when you have one less person to provide validation or advice?
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In other words, Florida clerks were no longer allowed to turn gay couples away.
The Back Alley, Low Blow-Ridden Fight to Stop Gay Marriage in Florida Is Finally Over|Jay Michaelson|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd