Category:Pivot

Piv"ot, n. Etym: [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.

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. (mil.)

Defn: 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. -- pivot tooth (dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root Of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.

Pivot Piv"ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pivoting.]

Defn: to place on a pivot. Clarke.