The phrase "a single turn of" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: She was able to open the lock with just a single turn of the key.
The fate of a city can change in a single turn of the weather.
I tend to zero in on a single moment or a single turn of phrase.
As every SIPA student learns in first-year macroeconomics classes, Fed presidents like Williams have the power to move global financial markets with a single turn of phrase.
The sensor head consists of a single turn of a bare bend sensitive single-mode fibre with an applied absorption coating.
We have become finely tuned instruments of semiotic analysis, capable of decoding at a glance the false enthusiasm of friends, the connotations of geotags, the tangle of opinions that lie embedded in a single turn of phrase.
The Finnish Abloy lock is a compact combination lock, but the rings, instead of being turned separately by hand, are moved to the correct positions by a single turn of a small key.
Theoretical figure of merit of the designed dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) is ∼900 ps/(nm-dB) @ 1550 nm, and its estimated bend loss for a single turn bend diameter of 32 mm is negligible.
Before attempting multiple turns, try to balance at the end of a single turn before landing.
The ion source was moved orthogonal to the TOF instrument axis to allow for the use of only a single turn segment.
The basic premise of the Richards model is that the daily incidence curve consists of a single peak of high incidence, resulting in an S-shaped epidemic curve and a single turning point of the outbreak.
It's an easy way to turn a single act of giving into a meaningful charitable movement.
