Pivot

• pivot joint
  - សន្លាក់ឆ្អឹងវិល

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.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To place on a pivot.