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Definition of Pivot
1. Noun. The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver.
2. Verb. Turn on a pivot.
3. Noun. Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns.
4. Noun. The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot. "The golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
Definition of Pivot
1. n. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
2. v. t. To place on a pivot.
Definition of Pivot
1. to turn on a shaft or rod [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pivot
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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. 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.
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