• Finnish: tappi

• ttbc German: Punkt , Drehpunkt , Zapfen , Drehzapfen , Angel m|f, Türangel m|f
• ttbc Italian: perno

Verb

1. To turn on an exact spot.

Translations

• Finnish: kääntyä
• German: sich drehen (on, upon) um
• Italian: imperniare

Pivot may refer to:

• The fulcrum as part of a lever
• Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body

In mathematics:

• Pivot element — the first element distinct from zero in a matrix in echelon form
• Pivotal quantity in statistics

In computing:

• An element of the quicksort algorithm
• Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software
• Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II, laptop computers
• Pivot display - function in displays
• Pivot table - a data summarization tool in spreadsheets

In linguistics:

• Syntactic pivot, the argument of the verb around which the sentence "revolves"
• A pivot language is an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation.

In sport:

• Pivot turn, a dance move
• Pivot turn (skiing)
• Pivot (card game)
• A player position in the sport of basketball, also known as a post or center.
• In basketball, the pivot foot is the foot that must remain on the floor when a player has possession of the ball and is not dribbling.
• A player position in the sport of roller derby
• A slang term for a quarterback

In music:

• Pivot (Australian band)
• Pivot (US band)

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