PIVOTS

Noun

pivots

plural of pivot

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



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