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pivot
noun
1 a central pin, spindle or pointed shaft round which something revolves, turns, balances or oscillates.
2 someone or something crucial, on which everyone or everything else depends.
3 the action of turning the body using one foot as a pivot.
4 the soldier or position from which a military formation takes its reference when altering its position, etc.
verb (pivoted , pivoting )
1 intr (often pivot on something)
a to turn, swivel or revolve pivot on one's heel ;
b to depend.
2 to mount something on a pivot.
[17c: French]
noun
1 a central pin, spindle or pointed shaft round which something revolves, turns, balances or oscillates.
2 someone or something crucial, on which everyone or everything else depends.
3 the action of turning the body using one foot as a pivot.
4 the soldier or position from which a military formation takes its reference when altering its position, etc.
verb (pivoted , pivoting )
1 intr (often pivot on something)
a to turn, swivel or revolve pivot on one's heel ;
b to depend.
2 to mount something on a pivot.
[17c: French]
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