PIVOTING
Verb
pivoting
present participle of pivot
Noun
pivoting (countable and uncountable, plural pivotings)
A motion by which something pivots.
The pivot-work in a machine.
Source: Wiktionary
PIVOT
Piv"ot, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To place on a pivot. Clarke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition