Pivot 362044 222086019 2008-06-27T14:17:33Z IllSmith800 7383544 {{wiktionarypar|pivot}} '''Pivot''' may refer to: * 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]] — the first element distinct from zero in a matrix in [[echelon form]] * [[Pivotal quantity]] in statistics In '''music''': * [[Pivot (Australian band)]] * [[Pivot (US band)]] In '''computing''': * An element of the [[Quicksort#The algorithm|quicksort algorithm]] * [[Pivot Stickfigure Animator]], stick-figure animation software * [[Morrow Pivot]] and [[Morrow Pivot II]], laptop computers * [[Pivot display]] - function in displays * [[Pivot table]] - a data summarization tool in [[spreadsheet]]s In '''linguistics''': * [[Syntactic pivot]], the argument of the verb around which the sentence "revolves" * A [[pivot language]] is an artificial or natural language used as an intermediary language for translation. In '''sport''': * [[Pivot turn (skiing)]] * [[Pivot (card game)]] * A player position in the sport of basketball, also known as a post or [[Center (basketball)|center]]. * In basketball, the ''pivot foot'' is the foot that must remain on the floor when a player has possession of the ball and is not [[Dribbling#Basketball|dribbling]]. * A player position in the sport of [[Roller_derby|roller derby]] * A slang term for a [[quarterback]] {{disambig}} [[cs:Pivot]] [[de:Pivot]] [[fr:Pivot]] [[it:Pivot]] [[pt:Pivot]]