Definitions from Wiktionary (pivot)
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
▸ noun: Act of turning on one foot.
▸ noun: (military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
▸ noun: (roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
▸ noun: (computing) 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.
▸ noun: (computing) A pivot table.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
▸ noun: (mathematics) 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.
▸ noun: (Canadian football) A quarterback.
▸ noun: (handball) A circle runner.
▸ noun: (US, politics) 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: (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
▸ verb: To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
▸ verb: (business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.
▸ verb: (US, politics) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
▸ noun: Act of turning on one foot.
▸ noun: (military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
▸ noun: (roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
▸ noun: (computing) 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.
▸ noun: (computing) A pivot table.
▸ noun: (graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
▸ noun: (mathematics) 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.
▸ noun: (Canadian football) A quarterback.
▸ noun: (handball) A circle runner.
▸ noun: (US, politics) 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: (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.
▸ verb: To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
▸ verb: (business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.
▸ verb: (US, politics) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
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