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pivot

noun
/ˈpɪv.ɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.

  1. derived from pivot — “hinge pin, pivot”
  2. inherited from pevet

Definitions

  1. A thing on which something turns

    A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.

    • The weight of the body and the traction and braking forces are taken by the conventional dished bogie centre pivot with phosphor-bronze liner; this type of centre pivot facilitates passage over marshalling yard humps.

  2. Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

  3. Act of turning on one foot.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves…

      The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

    2. A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

    3. An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other…

      An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.

    4. A pivot table.

    5. Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.

    6. An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the…

      An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.

    7. A pivotal quantity.

    8. A quarterback.

    9. A circle runner.

    10. A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans…

      A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

    11. To turn on an exact spot.

    12. To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

      • “Entrepreneurs usually have some inkling about a problem they can solve,” he said. “But typically they’re not exactly right. So if you survive long enough, you pivot and pivot and pivot and find what sticks.”

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Derived

emotional pivot, pivot bridge, pivot gearing, pivot gun, pivotless, pivotlike, pivot man, pivot operation, pivot pin, pivot point, pivot tooth, pivotability, pivotable, pivotman, repivot, stivot, unpivot

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pivot. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01pivot02turning03lathe04twentieth05ordinal06intercardinal07cardinal08pivotal

A definitional loop anchored at pivot. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at pivot

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA