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pivot |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pivoted}; p. pr & vb n. {Pivoting}.] To place on a pivot. --Clarke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pivot n 1: the person in a line around whom the others wheel and maneuver [syn: {pivot man}] 2: a short shaft that supports something that turns [syn: {pin}] v : turn on a pivot [syn: {swivel}]
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