pivot
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Synonyms: divot, pilot, pirot, picot, pinot, pitot, piot, pavot, pivit, pivo
Antonyms: divot, pilot, pirot, picot, pinot, pitot, piot, pavot, pivit, pivo
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A thing on which something turns; specifically a [[metal]] [[point]]ed [[pin]] or short [[shaft]] in [[machinery]], such as the end of an [[axle]] or [[spindle]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively|by extension}} Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
- Act of turning on one foot.
- {{lb|en|military}} The [[officer]] or [[soldier]] who simply turns in his place while the [[company]] or [[line]] moves around him in [[wheel]]ing.
- {{lb|en|roller derby}} A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
- {{lb|en|programming}} An [[element]] of a [[set]] to be [[sort]]ed that is chosen as a [[midpoint]], so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with [[recursive]]ly.
- {{lb|en|computing}} A {{l|en|pivot table}}.
- {{lb|en|GUI}} Any of a [[row]] of [[caption]]ed [[element]]s used to [[navigate]] to [[subpage]]s, rather like [[tab]]s.
- {{lb|en|mathematics}} An element of a [[matrix]] that is used as a [[focus]] for [[row]] [[operation]]s, such as [[dividing]] the row by the pivot, or adding [[multiple]]s of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
- {{lb|en|statistics}} A [[pivotal quantity]].
- {{lb|en|Canadian football}} A [[quarterback]].
- {{lb|en|handball}} A [[circle runner]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[turn]] on an exact spot.
- To make a [[sudden]] or [[swift]] [[change]] in [[strategy]], [[policy]], etc.
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