turning center

== English == === Noun === turning center (plural turning centers) (manufacturing) Any of a class of machine tools with computerized control and actuation (usually and especially of the CNC type) whose primary action is turning and boring as opposed to milling: archetypally, a computerized lathe or screw machine (as opposed to a computerized milling machine). ==== Hypernyms ==== machining center (in the broader sense of that term) ==== Coordinate terms ==== machining center (in the narrower sense of that term) horizontal machining center (HMC) vertical machining center (VMC) lathe screw machine Swiss-turn