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Churn

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Churn may refer to:

  • Churn drill, large-diameter drilling machine large holes appropriate for holes in the ground

Dairy-product terms

  • Chuck Churn (born 1930), Major League Baseball pitcher in 1957–1959

Geography

  • Devils Churn, Pacific inlet in Lincoln County, Oregon, U.S.
  • England:
    • River Churn, river running through Gloucestershire
    • Churn railway station (inactive)
  • British Columbia, Canada:

Music

  • Churn (Shihad album), 1993
  • Churn (Seven Mary Three album), 1994

Business

  • Product churning, a business practice whereby more of the product is sold than is beneficial to the consumer
  • Churning (stock trade), the excessive buying and selling of a client's stocks by a trader to generate large commission fees
  • Churn rate, a measure of the number of individuals or items moving into or out of a collective over a specific period of time.

Technology

  • Churning (cipher), an encryption function used in the ITU G.983.1 standard.

Other

  • Manthan, an Indian word meaning churn
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