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Turntable
A turntable is any rotating platform:
- a phonograph (or the platter of), for playing phonograph records (often utilised by hip hop DJs to play and mix or "scratch" vinyl records, such as a 45-RPM EP, see turntablism)
- a device used at some railroad facilities to turn a locomotive or other rolling stock around, or onto one of several radially arranged rail tracks (a rotary transfer table ), see: turntable (railroad) and also: [1]
- a potter's wheel or pottery wheel, used for spinning wet pottery into a more perfectly round shape
- a lazy susan , used on a tabletop so that items on it (such as food) can reached from any position (such as by seated diners )
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