About The Word Pivot
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Pivot Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pivot?
[n] the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
[n] axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns [n] the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver [v] turn on a pivot Synonyms | Synonyms for Pivot: pin | pivot man | swivel Related Terms | Find terms related to Pivot: ankle | arbor | articulation | avert | axis | axle | axle bar | axle shaft | axle spindle | axle-tree | bearing | bench mark | boundary | butt | cardinal point | center | center of action | center of gravity | centroid | centrum | cervix | chief thing | circle | circulate | circumrotate | circumvolute | climax | clinch | closure | come about | connecting link | connecting rod | connection | core | cornerstone | coupling | crank | crisis | critical point | crux | dead center | deflect | depend | distaff | divert | dovetail | elbow | embrace | epicenter | essence | essential | essential matter | fetch about | focal point | fulcrum | fundamental | gimbal | gist | gliding joint | go about | go around | go round | gravamen | great point | gudgeon | gyrate | gyre | hang | heart | heel | high point | hinge | hinged joint | hingle | hip | hub | important thing | interface | issue | join | joining | joint | juncture | kernel | keystone | kingpin | knee | knuckle | landmark | link | main point | main thing | mandrel | marrow | material point | meat | medulla | metacenter | middle | milestone | miter | mortise | nave | navel | neck | nub | nucleus | oarlock | omphalos | pin | pintle | pirouette | pith | pivot about | pivot joint | pole | put about | rabbet | radiant | real issue | rely | rest | resting point | revolve | rotate | round | rowlock | salient point | scarf | screw | seam | sheer | shoulder | sine qua non | spin | spindle | stitch | storm center | substance | substantive point | suture | swing | swing round | swivel | symphysis | the bottom line | the point | thole | tholepin | tie rod | toggle | toggle joint | trunnion | turn | turn a pirouette | turn about | turn around | turn round | turn tail | turning point | twirl | twist | umbilicus | union | veer | veer around | volte-face | wamble | weld | wheel | wheel about | whip | whirl | wind | wrist See Also | axis | axis of rotation | fulcrum | marcher | parader | pintle | pirouette | rotation | turn Pivot In Webster's Dictionary \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See {Pipe}.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also {pivot man}.
{Pivot bridge}, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
{Pivot gun}, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
{Pivot tooth} (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
\Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pivoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pivoting}.] To place on a pivot. --Clarke. |
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