Pivot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pivoted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Pivoting}.]
     To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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     2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
        support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
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     3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
        which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
        enterprise.
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     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}.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pivot
       n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and
            maneuver [syn: {pivot man}]
       2: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something
          that turns [syn: {pin}]
       3: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer
          went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
       v : turn on a pivot [syn: {swivel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  175 Moby Thesaurus words for "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