Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The putting of an artificial crown on the root of a tooth by means of a peg or pivot.
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- verb Present participle of
pivot .
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Examples
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During the last glacial – interglacial transition, the movements of the North Atlantic Polar Front have been described as pivoting around locations in the western North Atlantic.
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He gets you down low and all he's doing is just pivoting, which is legal.
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JAMES CARVILLE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: You want to have a framework that the candidate can go back to, and you want to practice pivoting, that is, when you get a question, and, you know, how to answer a question and go to a larger point.
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This is called pivoting and here is one solution: SELECT [Group], AVG (Cost) AS
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
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It's called pivoting and has other namez, a tool used by politicans to avoid the substance of an issue.
The Clog 2010
hernesheir commented on the word pivoting
A dentistry term in the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. My dentist would call it a "post and crown".
November 17, 2011