Pivot
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'''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]]
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