Rotating or changing direction; causing something to move around an axis or pivot point. The act of changing position or orientation.
From Old English 'tyrnan', related to Latin 'tornare' meaning to turn on a lathe. The word expanded from mechanical rotation to metaphorical changes in direction or situation.
The phrase 'turning point' captures how rotation and life changes are conceptually linked - both involve a pivot from one state to another. Wood turning on a lathe was one of humanity's earliest precision manufacturing techniques.
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