| pivot | 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. 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. <dentistry> Pivot tooth, an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg. Origin: F.; prob. Akin to It. Piva pipe, F. Pipe. See Pipe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pivot joint | A synovial joint in which a section of a cylinder of one bone fits into a corresponding cavity on the other, as in the proximal radioulnar joint. Synonym: articulatio trochoidea, helicoid ginglymus, lateral ginglymus, rotary joint, rotatory joint, trochoid articulation, trochoid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pivot shift test | A manoeuvre to detect a deficiency of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee; when the knee is extended, a sudden subluxation of the lateral tibial condyle upon the distal femur is positive. (05 Mar 2000) |
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the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot" turn on a pivot
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a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint"
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When a player with the ball moves in any direction while still keeping one foot in contact with the floor
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That element of conventional scale lever designed to transmit external forces through its knife edge.
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The rotation of the shoulders, trunk and pelvis during the golf swing.
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| pivot | the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot |
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| pivot | axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns |
| pivot | the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver |
| pivot | turn on a pivot |
| pivot | a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation |
| pivot | the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver |
| pivot | a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the pivot foot |
| pivot | being of crucial importance |
| pivot | a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically |
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