pivot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pivot	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pivot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pivot n the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver Synonym(s): pivot, pivot man axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns Synonym(s): pivot, pin 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 Synonym(s): pivot, swivel
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 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.