PIVOT
\pˈɪvət], \pˈɪvət], \p_ˈɪ_v_ə_t]\
Definitions of PIVOT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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turn on a pivot
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the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
By Princeton University
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turn on a pivot
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the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
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Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
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To place on a pivot.
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The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; - called also pivot man.
By Oddity Software
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A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
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Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
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To place on a pivot.
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The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; - called also pivot man.
By Noah Webster.
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A fixed pin or short shaft on which anything turns.
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To place on, or supply with, such a fixed pin or shaft.
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To turn on, or as on, such a fixed pin.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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