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1.nounA thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
2.noun(by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
3.nounAct of turning on one foot.
4.nounThe officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
5.nounA player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
6.nounAn element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
7.nounA pivot table.
8.nounAny of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
9.nounAn element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
10.nounA quarterback.
11.nounA shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
12.verbTo turn on an exact spot.
13.verbTo make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.