Definitions for: Pivot


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


Piv"ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.

Synonyms: pin, pivot man, swivel

See Also: axis, axis of rotation, fulcrum, marcher, parader, pintle, pirouette, rotation, turn

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