punto de pivote

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪvət/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: 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.

Definition: (by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

Definition: Act of turning on one foot.

Definition: The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

Definition: A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A pivot table.

Definition: Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A quarterback.

Definition: 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.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɪvət/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To turn on an exact spot.

Definition: To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A discrete division of something.

Definition: A sharp extremity.

Definition: One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

Definition: A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

Definition: A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

Definition: Lace worked by the needle.

Example: point de Venise; Brussels point

Definition: An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

Definition: The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

Example: The dog came to a point.

Definition: The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

Definition: The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

Definition: The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

Definition: A vaccine point.

Definition: In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.