Acute curve (often one of a series) in a road, especially on a steep incline
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Hairpin turn in Oregon, USA hairpin, after which the feature is named
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal hairpin. Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English, by analogy with switchback railways.
A hairpinturn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to...
is located adjacent to the circuit. Almost half of the track—from the hairpinturn until after the pit area—runs alongside the Olympic Basin, a huge rectangular...
A short hairpin RNA or small hairpin RNA (shRNA/Hairpin Vector) is an artificial RNA molecule with a tight hairpinturn that can be used to silence target...
A hairpin or hair pin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place. It may be used simply to secure long hair out of the way for convenience...
A hook turn (Australian English) or two-stage turn (British English), also known as a Copenhagen Left (in reference to cyclists specifically), is a road...
the combination of a right (nearside) turn followed by a U-turn, or a U-turn followed by a right (nearside) turn, depending on the situation. It is in...
800 m (2,600 ft) over 6.5 km (4.0 mi); it includes five tunnels and one hairpinturn. It cost 30 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ to build (about $247 million USD, inflation-adjusted...
right hand hairpinturn (at the Britannia Roundabout) that directs the driver back onto Wakefield Road. After accelerating out of the hairpin the driver...
metres (3,000 ft) up a very steep cliff, going through 27 hairpinturns, including one hairpinturn inside a 1,103-metre (3,619 ft) long tunnel that goes...
construction practices of the time, including establishing a purpose-built hairpinturn at Ballacowle Glen on the outskirts of Ramsey. The Ballacowle Glen, later...
The Hairpin was a women's writer-led website in The Awl network. It was founded in 2010 by Edith Zimmerman. It ceased publication at the end of January...
a hairpinturn created by the junction of Kirchmayerova třída (Avenue) and V Holešovičkách (Avenue). This site was chosen because the hairpinturn required...
when they arrived home. Vikram followed the last photo Vinay took to a hairpinturn on a road in Coonoor, where he found a sideview mirror broken off from...
the turn to build up angular momentum. Approaching along the inside of an upcoming turn, the driver steers sharply towards the outside of the turn, then...
(8A and 9) and the run from Turn 10 to Turn 11 (the hairpin), using instead Turn 11a as Turn 11 has no runoff. This hairpin is located just past the drag...
"two-way left turn lane" (TWLT) or "center left-turn lane", or (for countries that drive on the right) "center turn lane" or "median turn lane", a single...
the stadium (or two stades; about 350–400 m). Since the track made a hairpinturn at the end of the stadium, there was a turning post called a kampter...
canal(arrowheads) and joining the anterior spinal artery (arrows) after a hairpinturn. Details Source Abdominal aorta, posterior intercostal artery Branches...
forest and crosses both Poccheru Falls and Kuntala Falls. Forest Highway Hairpinturn Stepwell Temple tank "What You Need To Know About The Ghat Roads In Wayanad"...
signpost that inspired the name Tornante for his company. Tornante means "hairpinturn" in Italian. The Tornante Company was founded by Michael Eisner in 2005...
The beta hairpin (sometimes also called beta-ribbon or beta-beta unit) is a simple protein structural motif involving two beta strands that look like...
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