Look up: pivot

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   Pivot
   Price level established as being significant by market's failure to penetrate or as being significant when a sudden increase in volume accompanies the move through the price level.
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   pivot
   [n] - the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver 2. [n] - axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns 3. [n] - the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot 4. [v] - turn on a pivot
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   Pivot
   The narrow tip of an arbor, rotating in a hole pierced in one of the plates (usually, since the late 1800s, with a jewel by way of bearing).  The steel used for arbors is quite brittle and pivots often break, especially at the outer end of the balance-staff.
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   Pivot
   Piv'ot noun [ F.; probably akin to Italian piva pipe, French pipe . See Pipe .] 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important resul ...
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   Pivot
   Piv'ot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pivoted ; present participle & verbal noun Pivoting .] To place on a pivot. Clarke.
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   pivot
   1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. ... 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. ... 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. ... 4. The officer or soldier who s ...
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   pivot
   noun the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; `the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot`
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   pivot
   noun axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
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   pivot
   pivot man noun the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
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    Pivot
    `Pivot` may refer to: * Syntactic pivot, the argument of the verb around which the sentence `revolves` * An element of the quicksort algorithm * Pivot (card game) * Pivot element ` the first element distinct from zero in a matrix in echelon form * A player position in the sport of roller derby * Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software * A pivot language is an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for ...
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    Pivot
    • (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. • (n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. • (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. &...
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    pivot
    (from the article `basketball`) A movement in which a player with the ball steps once or more in any direction with the same foot while the other foot (pivot foot) is kept at its ...
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    Pivot
    Price level established as being significant by market`s failure to penetrate or as being significant when a sudden increase in volume accompanies the move through the price level.
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    Pivot
    A price level that is considered to be significant for a particular security. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    Pivot
    This is the algebra associated with an iteration of Gauss-Jordan elimination, using the forward transformation. The tableaux for a pivot on element a(p,q) (not= 0), which means nonbasic variable x_q enters the basis in exchange for basic variable x_p, are as follows: Before pivot: Basic Nonbasic Var. Level x_j x_q ============================= x_...
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    pivot
    a center; also the foot that must remain touching the floor until a ball handler who has stopped dribbling is ready to pass or shoot.
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