Pivot



  • pivot joint
    - សន្លាក់ឆ្អឹងវិល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To place on a pivot.