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PRONUNCIATION OF PARALLEL TURN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARALLEL TURN

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Parallel turn is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARALLEL TURN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parallel turn

The parallel turn in alpine skiing is a method for turning which rolls the ski onto one edge, allowing it to bend into an arc. Thus bent, the ski follows the turn without sliding. It contrasts with earlier techniques such as the stem Christie, which slides the ski outward from the body to generate sideways force. Parallel turns generate much less friction and are more efficient both in maintaining speed and minimizing skier effort. Parallel turns require solid contact from the skier's lower leg to the ski to rotate it on-edge. This was difficult to achieve with early ski equipment, limiting the technique to the high performance realm of racing. The introduction of composite skis, metal edges, releasable clamping bindings, and stiff plastic boots combined to allow parallel turns even on beginner equipment. By the late 1960s it rapidly replaced stemming for all but very short-radius turns. The evolution of shaped skis in the 1990s advanced the carving turn to preeminence. Today parallel turns are taught to teach novice skiers the effect of weighting and unweighting their skis.

Definition of parallel turn in the English dictionary

The definition of parallel turn in the dictionary is a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARALLEL TURN

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Parallel Olympics
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PARALLEL TURN

a hand´s turn
about turn
at every turn
Buggins´ turn
Buggins´s turn
good turn
handbrake turn
Immelmann turn
kick turn
lodging turn
on the turn
out of turn
quarter turn
return
reverse turn
star turn
stem turn
the turn
three-point turn
to a turn
variety turn

Synonyms and antonyms of parallel turn in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «parallel turn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARALLEL TURN

Find out the translation of parallel turn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parallel turn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parallel turn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平行转弯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a su vez paralelo
570 millions of speakers

English

parallel turn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समानांतर बारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدوره الموازي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

параллельно очередь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

por sua vez, paralelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমান্তরাল বাঁক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tour parallèle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Giliran selari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Parallelschwung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パラレルターン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

병렬 차례
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Giliran podo karo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lần lượt song song
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணையான திருப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समांतर वळण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paralel dönüş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sua volta parallelo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolej równoległe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паралельно чергу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rândul său, în paralel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράλληλα με τη σειρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parallel beurt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parallell sväng
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parallell sving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parallel turn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALLEL TURN»

The term «parallel turn» is used very little and occupies the 181.358 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALLEL TURN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parallel turn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARALLEL TURN»

Discover the use of parallel turn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parallel turn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Total Skiing
The parallel turn in skiing is the equivalent of the basic swing in golf, groundstrokes in tennis, or the proper gait for running. It provides the fundamental movements on which good skiing mechanics are built. Combined with proper stance, ...
Chris Fellows
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Free-heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All ...
Its abrupt two-footed steering/twisting and resultant two-footed skid are just overexaggerated versions of the two-footed steering and christy of the basic parallel turn. Work on hockey stops on a smooth slope. Standing tall, point your skis ...
Paul Parker, 2001
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Skiing Heritage Journal
By the end of the winter, he'd worked out the parallel turn. Toni won the World Championship slalom at Innsbruck in 1933 and again at Murren in 1935, and he held a number of coaching positions in Austria during the postwar years. At one ...
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Ski
You're not alone. There is an overemphasis today on the misconceived importance of parallel skiing. As a result, too many skiers are less versatile than they need to be good all- around skiers. Essentially, the parallel turn is the act of changing ...
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Skiing with the Whole Body: Your Ticket to the Expert Slopes
However, it is important to remember that a definition is just a series of words, and for the definition to be meaningful to you, you should be able to see and feel the "fall line," or be able to do or recognize a "stem turn" or a "parallel turn." If you  ...
Jack Heggie, 1993
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Skiing
Centerline CONTINUED FROM PAGE 236 For one thing, those forms imposed discipline on an instructor's skiing. There are important reasons for this. Students learn a new motor skill best, whether a tennis serve or a parallel turn, when ...
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Ski
French speedster Emile Allais (right) substituted a parallel sideslip for the stem. Be a Bandit. (Steal away to Steamboat for the finest. The Cult of Classic Parallel Worship of the classic legs-together parallel turn reached its apogee in the 1950's ...
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Parallel Dreams Alpine Skiing: Taking Your Skiing ...
The definition of a parallel turn is when the distance between the tips and the tails remains the same for the whole turn. Both legs /feet are rotated simultaneously and eventually both edges are changed at the same time with the feet about hip ...
Derek Tate, 2007
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Gliding for Gold: The Physics of Winter Sports
Actually, the parallel turn was a natural progression from the stem turn: it gets its name from the fact that the skis are supposed to be parallel during the turn, but in fact they formed a slight wedge. A skier who evolves from beginner to ...
Mark Denny, 2011
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Skiing
To parallel turn, you need to switch edges so that the lower edges of both skis connect with the snow. You do this by unweighting your skis—this means stretching your legs so that you grow taller and more upright. This will flatten your skis out ...
Clive Gifford, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARALLEL TURN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parallel turn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comfortable victory for Avon skiers
Regular training is held at the Mendip Snowsports Centre in Churchill every Tuesday from 6-8pm and is open to anyone that can parallel turn. «Weston & Somerset Mercury, May 15»
2
Generation II Audi Q7 is lighter, smaller outside and larger inside
At higher speeds, it offers up to two degrees of parallel turn to improve stability. Spearing along at high speed on the gravel roads outside Geluk ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
3
Double recovery
Even in the tight-knit world of elite rowing, few are aware of their remarkable story or the parallel turn their lives have taken. Three years ago ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
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Off-piste skiing: confessions of a backcountry virgin
After a couple of week-long holidays and one lone ski season straight after university, I had managed to teach myself to parallel turn. By the end ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Audi Q7 first drive review
At higher speeds, it offers up to two degrees of parallel turn to improve stability. Spearing along at high speed on the gravel roads outside Geluk ... «Drive, Apr 15»
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Skiing on bended knee: Telemarking enjoys resurgence
When you break it all down, there are quite a few differences with a Telemark turn and an Alpine parallel turn. One of the most obvious ... «Calgary Herald, Mar 15»
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High Country Nordic Association Hosts Fifth Annual Telemark …
Before modern alpine bindings, all skis worked this way, but the telemark turn fell out of use when the parallel turn was introduced. This 'free ... «High Country Press, Feb 15»
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Ski program available for beginners
A full parallel turn is the goal. A drawback in this traditional system is that, along the way, things unavoidably had to be unlearned in order to get ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jan 15»
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The storied history of Jay Peak Resort
Foeger's Natur Teknik took novices through a seven-day course of hop turns and hockey stops giving them a direct approach to the parallel turn ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jan 15»
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Clementine Yost reviews this year's ski trip...
... covering my new friends in powder with a hockey stop (which is a fast and sharp parallel turn while channeling your inner Wayne Gretsky.) ... «The University Times, Jan 15»

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