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Definition of Pivot

Pivot
Pivot 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.
Pivot
Pivot Piv"ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pivoting.] To place on a pivot. --Clarke.

Meaning of Pivot from wikipedia

- Look up pivot, pivoting, or pivots in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pivot may refer to: Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever system More generally...
- A pivot table is a table of values which are aggregations of groups of individual values from a more extensive table (such as from a database, spreadsheet...
- Pivot Gang is a hip hop collective of independent rappers based out the west side of Chicago. The group originated from the Austin neighborhood in 2011...
- The syntactic pivot is the verb argument around which sentences "revolve" in a given language. This usually means the following: If the verb has more...
- Pivot Airlines is a Canadian charter airline. Its air operator certificate allows for the operation of CRJ-100/200 and Dash-8 series aircraft. As of AugustĀ 2024[update]...
- In animal anatomy, a pivot joint (trochoid joint, rotary joint or lateral ginglymus) is a type of synovial joint whose movement axis is parallel to the...
- pivoting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pivoting may refer to: The act of finding a pivot element A type of computer security exploit Pivoting (TV...
- Pivot point may refer to: Pivot point, the center point of any rotational system such as a lever system the center of percussion of a rigid body or pivot...
- In dance, a pivot turn (or simply pivot) is a general classification for dance turns in which the performer's body rotates about its vertical axis without...
- Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which...