| slovo | definícia |
pivot
(mass) | pivot
- točiť |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,čep n: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,osa otáčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,otáčet v: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,pivot n: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,točit v: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,ústřední bod n: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(encz) | pivot,vřeteno n: Zdeněk Brož |
pivot
(czen) | pivot,pivotn: Zdeněk Brož |
Pivot
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
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2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
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3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
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4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
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Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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Pivot
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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pivot
(wn) | pivot
n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and
maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man]
2: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that
turns [syn: pivot, pin]
3: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went
to the driving range to practice his pivot"
v 1: turn on a pivot [syn: pivot, swivel] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
center pivot irrigation machine
(encz) | center pivot irrigation machine,zavlažovač s pivotem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
pivot joint
(encz) | pivot joint, n: |
pivot man
(encz) | pivot man, n: |
pivot shot
(encz) | pivot shot, n: |
pivot table
(encz) | pivot table,kontingenční tabulka n: [it.] Ivan Masár |
pivotal
(encz) | pivotal,klíčový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pivoting window
(encz) | pivoting window, n: |
zavlažovač s pivotem
(czen) | zavlažovač s pivotem,center pivot irrigation machine[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Fixed pivot
(gcide) | Fixed \Fixed\ (f[i^]kst), a.
1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm;
imovable; unalterable.
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2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
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Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; --
so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed
by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or
potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia.
Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed
together in a case ready for loading.
Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns
and mortars intended to remain stationary; --
distinguished from movable battery.
Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or
separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty,
as gold, platinum, lime, etc.
Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4.
Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.]
Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; --
distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent
light.
Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as
stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain,
and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished
from volatile or essential oils.
Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of
troops wheels.
Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly
the same apparent position and distance with respect to
each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
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Pivot
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
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2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
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3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
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Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
[1913 Webster]Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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Pivot bridge
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
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2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
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4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
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Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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Pivot gun
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
[1913 Webster]
2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
[1913 Webster]
Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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pivot man
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
[1913 Webster]
2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
[1913 Webster]
Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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Pivot tooth
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe.
See Pipe.]
1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
[1913 Webster]
2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
[1913 Webster]
3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
[1913 Webster]
Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
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Pivotal
(gcide) | Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to,
or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a
battle.
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Pivoted
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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Pivoting
(gcide) | Pivot \Piv"ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pivoting.]
To place on a pivot. --Clarke.
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pivot joint
(wn) | pivot joint
n 1: a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to
rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the
arm is a pivot joint" [syn: pivot joint, rotary joint,
rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea] |
pivot man
(wn) | pivot man
n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and
maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man] |
pivot shot
(wn) | pivot shot
n 1: a one-handed basketball shot made while whirling on the
pivot foot |
pivotal
(wn) | pivotal
adj 1: being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its
pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic
invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this
study"; "a polar principal" [syn: pivotal, polar] |
pivoting window
(wn) | pivoting window
n 1: a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or
vertically |
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