half-turn

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half-turn

Descriptive of a stair which turns 180° or through two right angles at each landing. Also see dogleg stair.

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No references found			The half-turn of the staircase cut off the view of the lobby. The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context Again and again he stooped, caught her hind-legs and flung her up into the half-turn. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context At his entrance Master Florian did not stop short, but, making a half-turn on his heels, and aiming at the provost the harangue with which he had been withering Quasimodo a moment before,-- Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context			half-ripsaw half-round file half-round gutter half-round molding half-shade plate half-shaft half-shift register half-side formulas half-silvered surface half-space landing half-space stair half-span roof half-subtracter half-surface hinge half-through arch half-tide basin half-tide level half-timber house half-timbered half-timbered construction Half-Timbering half-time half-track Half-Track Motor Vehicle half-track tape recorder half-turn half-value layer half-value period half-value thickness half-wave half-wave amplifier half-wave antenna Half-Wave Dipole half-wave plate half-wave rectification half-wave rectifier half-wave transmission line half-wave vibrator half-wavelength Half-Way Covenant half-width half-word I/O buffer halfback Halfdan Kjerulf halfpace halfpace stair halfpenny halftone halftone characteristic halftone contact screen halftone process			half-timbered half-timbered Half-timbered construction Half-timbering Half-timbering half-time half-time half-time Half-Time Teaching Assistantship half-times half-times half-times half-title half-titles Half-tone Half-tone Half-tone Half-tone half-tones Half-tongue half-track half-track Half-Track Motor Vehicle half-track tape recorder half-tracked half-tracked Half-tracks Half-tracks half-truth Half-truths half-turn half-used Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer Half-Value Layer half-value period half-value thickness half-volley half-volleys Half-Wave Half-Wave half-wave amplifier half-wave antenna half-wave dipole Half-Wave Direct Current Half-wave plate Half-wave plate half-wave rectification half-wave rectification Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-wave rectifier Half-Wave Retarder half-wave transmission line half-wave vibrator half-wavelength Half-Way Covenant Half-Way Covenant

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