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Pivot Definition And Meaning
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.

Pivot Definition And Meaning

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

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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