Pivot
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Pivot may refer to
- Pivot, the fulcrum as part of a lever
- Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body
- Pivot turn, a dance move
In mathematics:
- Pivot element, a non-zero element of a matrix selected by an algorithm
- Pivotal quantity, in statistics
In music:
In computing:
- Pivot, an element of the quicksort algorithm
- Pivot Stickfigure Animator, stick-figure animation software
- Morrow Pivot and Morrow Pivot II, early laptop computers
- Pivot display, function in displays
- Pivot table, a data summarization tool in spreadsheets
- Pivotal Games, a defunct UK video game developer.
In linguistics:
- Syntactic pivot, the argument of the verb around which the sentence "revolves"
- Pivot language, an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation
In sport:
- Pivot, a term for the stand-off position (also known as five-eighth) in rugby league football
- Pivot turn (skiing)
- Pivot (card game)
- Pivot, a player position in the sport of basketball, also known as a post or center
- Pivot foot, in basketball, the foot that must remain on the floor when a player has possession of the ball and is not dribbling
- Pivot, a player position in the sport of roller derby
- Pivot, a slang term for a quarterback in American football
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