different between turning vs heliotropism

English

Etymology

turn +? -ing

Pronunciation

• enPR: tûr?-n?ng, IPA^(key): /?t??.n??/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?t??.n??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?t?.n??]
• Rhymes: -??(r)n??
• Hyphenation: turn?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

turning (plural turnings)

1. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.

   Take the second turning on the left.

2. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their body between the ball and an opposing player trying to do the same.
4. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
5. The act of turning.
6. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.

   The turnings get into your trouser turnups!

Synonyms

• (shavings): swarf

Derived terms

• turning point

Translations

Verb

turning

1. present participle of turn

   The Earth is turning about its axis as we speak.

   He made wooden soldiers by turning them on a hand lathe.

Anagrams

• Ringnut, runting

English

Etymology

helio- +? -tropism

Noun

heliotropism (countable and uncountable, plural heliotropisms)

1. The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)
   • 2012, Staff (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Sunflowers inspire more efficient solar power system, R&D Magazine, online:

     A field of young sunflowers will slowly rotate from east to west during the course of a sunny day, each leaf seeking out as much sunlight as possible as the sun moves across the sky through an adaptation called heliotropism.

Derived terms

• heliotropic

Related terms

• heliotrope

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French héliotropisme

Noun

heliotropism n (uncountable)

1. heliotropism

Declension