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. [1913 Webster]

2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. [1913 Webster]

3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. [1913 Webster]

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}. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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  • pívot — Voz tomada del francés pivot (con pronunciación llana probablemente influida por el inglés), que significa ‘jugador de baloncesto cuya misión básica consiste en situarse en las cercanías del tablero para recoger rebotes o anotar puntos’. Es común …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • pivot — (n.) 1610s, from Fr., from O.Fr. pivot hinge, pivot (12c.), of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of central point is recorded from 1813. The verb is 1841, from the noun. Related: Pivoted; pivoting …   Etymology dictionary

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  • pivot — ► NOUN 1) the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates. 2) a person or thing playing a central part in an activity or organization. ► VERB (pivoted, pivoting) 1) turn on or as if on a pivot. 2) (pivot on …   English terms dictionary

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