单词 | pivot point |
释义 | > as lemmaspivot point pivot point n. a pivotal point (literal and figurative); (formerly) spec. †a point of reference for a wheeling body of troops (cf. sense A. 4). ΚΠ 1788 D. Dundas Princ. Mil. Movements 80 As there are so many determined pivot points given, it becomes easy to dress correctly a platoon or a battalion. 1855 U.S. Rev. June 448 The island of Cuba is..the pivot-point on which turn four questions of great moment to this country. 1993 R. J. Pond Introd. Engin. Technol. (ed. 2) vii. 178 Sometimes vibration is purposely introduced at a pivot point to eliminate stiction. < as lemmas |
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