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Meaning of PIVOT in English

A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

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    Meaning of PIVOT in English

    • A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
    • The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
    • Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
    • The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
    • To place on a pivot.

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