Turmeric

(Bot.) See CURCUMA. Paper, (Chem.) Atest-paper, made by immersing un sized paper in tincture of turmeric. It is used as a test for alkalies, which changes its yellow color to reddish-brown, as do also their carbonates and phosphates, some of the alkaloids, and boracic acid. (turn.) [From Fr. tour ner, to round off.] (Mus.) A grace marked thus, indicating that the note above it, one degree higher, must be struck before it shortly, then pa ed quickly through the note itself and turned from the note a degree below into the note itself over which the mark is placed. [s. 913]