pivot

pivot
Synonyms and related words:
ankle, arbor, articulation, avert, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, bearing, bench mark, boundary, butt, cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, cervix, chief thing, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, climax, clinch, closure, come about, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, core, cornerstone, coupling, crank, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center, deflect, depend, distaff, divert, dovetail, elbow, embrace, epicenter, essence, essential, essential matter, fetch about, focal point, fulcrum, fundamental, gimbal, gist, gliding joint, go about, go around, go round, gravamen, great point, gudgeon, gyrate, gyre, hang, heart, heel, high point, hinge, hinged joint, hingle, hip, hub, important thing, interface, issue, join, joining, joint, juncture, kernel, keystone, kingpin, knee, knuckle, landmark, link, main point, main thing, mandrel, marrow, material point, meat, medulla, metacenter, middle, milestone, miter, mortise, nave, navel, neck, nub, nucleus, oarlock, omphalos, pin, pintle, pirouette, pith, pivot about, pivot joint, pole, put about, rabbet, radiant, real issue, rely, rest, resting point, revolve, rotate, round, rowlock, salient point, scarf, screw, seam, sheer, shoulder, sine qua non, spin, spindle, stitch, storm center, substance, substantive point, suture, swing, swing round, swivel, symphysis, the bottom line, the point, thole, tholepin, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, trunnion, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, turn tail, turning point, twirl, twist, umbilicus, union, veer, veer around, volte-face, wamble, weld, wheel, wheel about, whip, whirl, wind, wrist

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  • pivot — pivot …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • pivot — [ pivo ] n. m. • v. 1170; o. i., p. ê. italique °puga « pointe »; cf. lat. pungere « piquer » 1 ♦ Extrémité amincie (ou pièce rapportée à l extrémité) d un arbre tournant vertical. ⇒ axe, crapaudine, palier, tourillon. L aiguille de la boussole… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pivot — may refer to: * Pivot, the fulcrum as part of a lever * Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body * Pivot turn, a dance moveIn mathematics: * Pivot element, the first element distinct from zero in a matrix in echelon form * Pivotal… …   Wikipedia

  • pivot — PIVÓT, (1, 2, 3) pivoturi, s.n., (4) pivoţi, s.m. 1. s.n. (tehn.) Fus de formă cilindrică, tronconică, conică etc., care se roteşte ori alunecă într un lagăr la care sarcina acţionează în direcţia axului. 2. s.n. Rădăcină principală, verticală,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Pivot — Piv ot, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pívot — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Posiciones de Baloncesto 1. Base 2. Escolta 3. Alero 4. Ala Pívot 5. Pívot Otras posiciones Sexto hombre …   Wikipedia Español

  • pivot — Pivot, m. acut. Est une piece de fer en façon de toupie, c est à dire rond, large par un bout et aigu par l autre, lequel se met au coing des charnieres ou chardonnereaux des grandes portes qui touchent le jambage, et par le bout qui est aigu s… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • pívot — Voz tomada del francés pivot (con pronunciación llana probablemente influida por el inglés), que significa ‘jugador de baloncesto cuya misión básica consiste en situarse en las cercanías del tablero para recoger rebotes o anotar puntos’. Es común …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • pivot — (n.) 1610s, from Fr., from O.Fr. pivot hinge, pivot (12c.), of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of central point is recorded from 1813. The verb is 1841, from the noun. Related: Pivoted; pivoting …   Etymology dictionary

  • pivot — PIVOT. s. m. Morceau de fer arrondi par le bout, & qui tourne sur une crapaudine, & sert à faire mouvoir une porte, ou autre chose semblable. Une machine qui tourne sur son pivot. On dit fig. d Un Ministre d Estat qui a la principale part au… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • pivot — ► NOUN 1) the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates. 2) a person or thing playing a central part in an activity or organization. ► VERB (pivoted, pivoting) 1) turn on or as if on a pivot. 2) (pivot on …   English terms dictionary

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