pivot

n.

1. A short rod or shaft on which a related part rotates or swings.
2. A person or thing on which something depends or turns; the central or crucial factor.
3. The act of turning on or as if on a pivot.
4. Basketball.
   1. A position taken by an offensive player usually facing away from the basket near the foul line to relay passes, attempt a shot, or set screens.
   2. The stationary foot around which the ball handler is allowed to pivot without dribbling.

v., -ot·ed, -ot·ing, -ots.

v.tr.

1. To mount on, attach by, or provide with a pivot or pivots.
2. To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.

v.intr.

To turn on or as if on a pivot: "The plot . . . lacks direction, pivoting on Hamlet's incertitude" (G. Wilson Knight).

[French, from Old French.]

pivotable piv'ot·a·ble adj.

A price level established as being significant either by the market's failure to penetrate it or when a sudden increase in volume accompanies the move through the price level.

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verb

1. To turn or cause to turn in place, as on a hinge or fixed point, tracing an arclike path: swing, wheel. See move/halt.
2. To move, as a gun, laterally: swivel, traverse. See move/halt.
3. To change the direction or course of: avert, deflect, deviate, divert, shift, swing, turn, veer. See change/persist.

n

Definition: center point about which something revolves
Antonyms: exterior, exteriority, outside

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n. the person or people about whom a body of troops wheels.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A chord (or a note) which has different harmonic (or melodic) functions in two different keys, this property being used to effect a smooth transition from one key to another.

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1. A hinge.
2. The axle or pin about which a window or door rotates.

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A short shaft or pin supporting something that turns a fulcrum.

Said of the exercise demanded of a horse when testing a limb for weakness or lameness; the horse is forced to turn very tightly so that it actually pivots on the limb being examined.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tap, spids, akse, stift
v. tr. - anbringe på
v. intr. - dreje

idioms:

• pivot crown    tandkrone
• pivot tooth    stifttand

Nederlands (Dutch)
spil, om/op een spil draaien, afhankelijk zijn van, voorzien van spil, draaiend op/om een spil

Français (French)
n. - (Mécan, Mil) pivot, (fig) pivot, centre
v. tr. - (gén) faire pivoter, orienter (lampe), (Tech) monter (qch) sur pivot
v. intr. - pivoter (sur), faire pivoter, (fig) reposer (sur)

idioms:

• pivot crown    (Dent) couronne à pivot
• pivot tooth    (Dent) dent à pivot

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drehzapfen, Angelpunkt
v. - sich drehen

idioms:

• pivot crown    Stiftzahn
• pivot tooth    Stiftzahn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άξονας, κέντρο περιστροφής, κεντρικό σημείο, κεντρικό πρόσωπο, ουσιώδης παράγοντας, (μτφ.) κύριος μοχλός, παράγων ή πόλος
v. - περιστρέφω/-ομαι, γυρίζω πάνω σε στροφέα ή άξονα

idioms:

• pivot crown    (οδοντ.) περιστροφική κορόνα
• pivot tooth    (οδοντ.) περιστροφική κορόνα

Italiano (Italian)
perno, pivottare, imperniato

idioms:

• pivot tooth/crown    corona a perno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pivô (m), apoio (m), eixo (m), pino (m)
v. - prover de pivô, girar em torno de um eixo

idioms:

• pivot tooth/crown    pivô, coroa

Русский (Russian)
ось вращения, осевой стержень, вращаться

idioms:

• pivot tooth/crown    стержень для зубной коронки

Español (Spanish)
n. - eje, pivote, gorrón, base, esencial, fundamental
v. tr. - montar sobre un pivote, pivotear
v. intr. - montar sobre un pivote

idioms:

• pivot crown    corona de pivote
• pivot tooth    diente de base

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pivå, (vridnings)axel, medelpunkt, centralfigur, riktkarl (mil. o gymn.)
v. - pivotera, hänga, bero

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
枢轴, 中心点, 支点, 装枢轴于, 在枢轴上转动

idioms:

• pivot crown    钉牙
• pivot tooth    钉牙

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 樞軸, 中心點, 支點
v. tr. - 裝樞軸於
v. intr. - 在樞軸上轉動

idioms:

• pivot crown    釘牙
• pivot tooth    釘牙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 추축, 선회축, 기준
v. tr. - 추축 위에 놓다
v. intr. - 추축으로 선회하다, 흔들리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軸頭, 中心点, 要点, 肝腎かなめの人, 中心となる選手
v. - ピボットを付ける, ピボット上に置く, 蝶番式に旋回する, 決する
adj. - 軸となる

idioms:

• pivot tooth/crown    枢軸冠

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أو شيء أو عامل من العوامل ذو دور أساسي (فعل) يدور على محور, يمحور, يزود بمحور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציר, מרכז, מוקד, שחקן ציר (כדורסל)‬
v. tr. - ‮קבע על ציר‬
v. intr. - ‮סבב על ציר‬

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