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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

A price level established as being significant either because the market fails to penetrate it or because a sudden increase in volume accompanies a move through that price level.

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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.

• Baseball - pivot: a movement by an infielder (usu. a second baseman) which involves catching a throw while touching second base, then throwing against his body onto first base
• Basketball
• Directions - pivot: turn in place as if on a shaft

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Contents 1 Computing 2 Finance 3 Games 4 Linguistics 5 Literature 6 Mathematics 7 Music 8 People 9 Sports 10 Places 11 Companies 12 Vessels

Pivot may refer to:

• Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever system
• More generally, the center point of any rotational system
• Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body
• Pivot turn, a dance move

Computing

• Pivot, an element of the quicksort algorithm
• Pivoting (hacking), a method used by hackers to use a compromised computer for attacks
• Microsoft Live Labs Pivot, a data search application
• Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software
• Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II, early laptop computers
• Pivot display, a display which can change orientation
• Pivot table, a data summarization tool in spreadsheets
• Pivotal Games, a former UK video game developer
• Pivot, now PivotX, a content management system designed for bloggers
• Apache Pivot, an open-source platform for building applications in Java

Finance

• Pivot point, a price point in the financial, commodity, and securities markets

Games

• Pivot (card game), a casual card game released by Wizards of the Coast in 1998

Linguistics

• Syntactic pivot, the argument of the verb around which the sentence revolves
• Pivot language, an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation

Literature

• Pivot word (kakekotoba), a technique in Japanese poetry

Mathematics

• Pivot element, a non-zero element of a matrix selected by an algorithm
• Pivotal quantity, in statistics

Music

• Pivot (US band), a U.S. rock band
• Pivot, the former name of PVT (band)
• Pivot (album), by Amoeba
• Pivot chord

People

• Bernard Pivot (born 1935), French journalist

Sports

• Pivot, another term for a fly-half in rugby unions
• Pivot turn (skiing), a technique of turning in place in skiing
• Pivot, a player position in Team handball
• Pivot or center (basketball), a player position in basketball
• Pivot, a player position in roller derby
• Pivot (futsal), a player position in futsal

Places

• Pivot Peak, the highest point in Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land
• Mount Pivot, a mountain in the western part of the Shackleton Range

Companies

• Pivot Wireless, a cell phone service, created by a joint venture between Sprint and multiple cable companies
• Pivot Legal Society, a legal advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Incitec Pivot, an Australian chemicals & explosives manufacturer

Vessels

• USS Pivot

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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