pivot

(Englisch)

Noun

1. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
2. (broadly, figuratively) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
3. Act of turning on one foot.
4. The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
5. A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
6. An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
7. A pivot table.
8. Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
9. An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
10. A pivotal quantity.
11. (Canadian) A quarterback.
12. A circle runner.
13. (US) A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
2. (slang) To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
3. (US) To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɪv.ət/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: pevet

In summary

From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.

Konzepte

Drehpunkt

schwenken

👋

Achse

Angelpunkt

Drehzapfen

sich drehen

Kernstück

Pinne

Pivot

Zentrum

drehen

wichtigster Teil

Dreh- und Angelpunkt

-e

-n

Kreisläufer

Stiel ''m'' -s

Königszapfen

Lenkbolzen

Einsteckbolzen

Königsbolzen

Lagerzapfen

Mitte

Mittelpunkt

sich drehen um

Stange

Stiel

Welle

👋

Zapfen

springender Punkt

wichtiger Punkt

Synonyme

axis

swivel

rotate

hub

spin

center

turn

rod

core

shank

axle

spindle

pivot man

twirl

swing

fulcrum

shaft

revolve

centre

gyrate

gudgeon

veer

twist

omphalos

whirl

nucleus

turn around

key man

pin

hinge

pintle

central figure

heart

❤️

hasp

cock

circumvolve

belly button

go around

go

circumvent

get

navel

circumnavigate

balance

axis of revolution

move around

middle

needle

foundation

mandril

Übersetzungen

pivot

pivote

pivoter

perno

roteren

draaien

tap

tourner

pivô

spil

luns

gorrón

cardine

imperniare

draaipen