คำว่า ' pivot ' ( VT )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
[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.] Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
[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.
[v. t.] To place on a pivot.