pivot, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

pivot
n

1 a short shaft or pin supporting something that turns; fulcrum

2 the end of a shaft or arbor that terminates in a bearing

3 a person or thing upon which progress, success, etc., depends

4 the person or position from which a military formation takes its reference, as when altering position
vb

5 tr to mount on or provide with a pivot or pivots

6 intr to turn on or as if on a pivot
(C17: from Old French; perhaps related to Old Provençal pua tooth of a comb)

pivot bridge
n another name for → swing bridge

pivot grammar
n (Psychol) a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children