'Pivot' definitions:
Definition of 'pivot'
(from WordNet)
noun
The person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man]
noun
Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns [syn: pivot, pin]
noun
The act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
verb
Turn on a pivot [syn: pivot, swivel]
Definition of 'Pivot'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pivot'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pivot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ankle,
- arbor,
- articulation,
- avert,
- axis,
- axle,
- axle bar,
- axle shaft,
- axle spindle,
- axle-tree,
- bearing,
- bench mark,
- boundary,
- butt,
- cardinal point,
- center,
- center of action,
- center of gravity,
- centroid,
- centrum,
- cervix,
- chief thing,
- circle,
- circulate,
- circumrotate,
- circumvolute,
- climax,
- clinch,
- closure,
- come about,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- coupling,
- crank,
- crisis,
- critical point,
- crux,
- dead center,
- deflect,
- depend,
- distaff,
- divert,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- epicenter,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- fetch about,
- focal point,
- fulcrum,
- fundamental,
- gimbal,
- gist,
- gliding joint,
- go about,
- go around,
- go round,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- gudgeon,
- gyrate,
- gyre,
- hang,
- heart,
- heel,
- high point,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hingle,
- hip,
- hub,
- important thing,
- interface,
- issue,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- juncture,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- kingpin,
- knee,
- knuckle,
- landmark,
- link,
- main point,
- main thing,
- mandrel,
- marrow,
- material point,
- meat,
- medulla,
- metacenter,
- middle,
- milestone,
- miter,
- mortise,
- nave,
- navel,
- neck,
- nub,
- nucleus,
- oarlock,
- omphalos,
- pin,
- pintle,
- pirouette,
- pith,
- pivot about,
- pivot joint,
- pole,
- put about,
- rabbet,
- radiant,
- real issue,
- rely,
- rest,
- resting point,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- round,
- rowlock,
- salient point,
- scarf,
- screw,
- seam,
- sheer,
- shoulder,
- sine qua non,
- spin,
- spindle,
- stitch,
- storm center,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- suture,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swivel,
- symphysis,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- thole,
- tholepin,
- tie rod,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- trunnion,
- turn,
- turn a pirouette,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn round,
- turn tail,
- turning point,
- twirl,
- twist,
- umbilicus,
- union,
- veer,
- veer around,
- volte-face,
- wamble,
- weld,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- whip,
- whirl,
- wind,
- wrist