pivotal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pivotal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pivotal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pivotal adj being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal" Synonym(s): pivotal, polar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pivotal \Piv"otal\, a. Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal* position in a battle.