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Turnstile
//ˈtɝnstaɪl// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
"The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station."
- 2 a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering wordnet
- 3 A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.
- 4 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)". )
Etymology
From turn + stile.
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