verb
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To turn on an exact spot.
definition
To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.
noun
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A motion by which something pivots.
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The pivot-work in a machine.
Examples of pivoting in a Sentence
The design was intended to make pivoting easier for athletes on the move, thereby reducing the chances of torque-related injuries to the ankles and knees.
Pivoting off of that fame, Dr. Rey, in partnership with Australian lingerie designer Bruno Schiavi, launched the Dr. Rey Shapewear collection.
The mounted troops Kop. engaged a Boer force north-west of the point of Spion passage, but were brought back to take part in a general right wheel of the forces of the Tugela, pivoting on Trichardt's Drift.
It has dual pivoting dome tweeters; each tweeter producing the left or right channel.
This new version has pivoting dome tweeters at an angle; each tweeter producing the left or right channel, and a pivoting woofer.
He constructed an apparatus in illustration, which he called a radiometer or lightmill, by pivoting a vertical axle carrying equidistant vertical vanes inside an exhausted glass bulb, one side of each vane being blackened and the other side bright, the blackened sides all pointing the same way round the axle.
Pivoting Aerator creates a variety of water flows to handle any kitchen chore.
Thanks to the swivel pivoting strap, the three-layer polar fleece face foam, and the 3-D facial contour.
Reverse the order of steps, stepping forward with your right foot, pivoting to the left and then shifting your weight to your left foot.
The footwork involves very close steps and pivoting as the body turns, and can be done either quickly or slowly depending on the tenor of the dance.
The Gillette Venus Divine has three blades, a large pivoting head and lubrication strips to help you get a clean, close shave and avoid nicks and cuts.
It operates by wireless remote and not only moves forward and backward, but shimmies up and down, spins and has independent left and right rear-wheel drive for quick pivoting.
Pivoting Filter Basket - The filter basket in Classic models pivots for easy access.
The army merely swung backwards, pivoting on its left wing, the corps preserving their relative order as it had been on the 16th, with the exception that the Imperial Guard was withdrawn to the spur on which Fort Plappeville stands, and the 6th Corps (Marshal Canrobert) crossed the line of march of the 3rd and 4th Corps in order to gain St Privat la Montagne.
The weights and money values are arranged on a vertical chart, the sides of which converge towards the pivoting centre of an index arm which is actuated by the weighing mechanism.
A much better form of electromagnetic ammeter can be constructed on a principle now extensively employed, which consists in pivoting in the strong field of a permanent magnet a small coil through which a part of the current to be measured is sent.
These small cars are constructed so that the load may be dumped by pivoting the car bodies on the trucks.
Hitherto facing S., they had now to face E., pivoting on the 5th Div.
Next day, however, all doubts were set at rest, and as the Russians advanced south of Heilsberg, he decided to wheel his whole force to the right, pivoting on the III.
Viperidae.-The maxillaries are very short, movably pivoting upon the prefrontals and also attached to the ectopterygoids, so that they can be erected together with the large poison fangs, which, besides reserve teeth, are the only maxillary teeth.