Found 1 hit - Term: pivot tooth, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pivot \piv"ot\, n. f.; prob. akin to it. piva pipe, f. pipe.
see pipe.
1. a fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or
other body turns.
1913 webster
2. the end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a
support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
1913 webster
3. hence, figuratively: a turning point or condition; that on
which important results depend; as, the pivot of an
enterprise.
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4. mil. the officer or soldier who simply turns in his
place whike the company or line moves around him in
wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
1913 webster
pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span,
called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical
axis.
pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage,
so as to turn in any direction.
pivot tooth dentistry, an artificial crown attached to
the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.
1913 webster
see also:
pipe pivot man pivot bridge pivot gun pivot tooth
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Pivot, definition of term: Pivot
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Tooth, definition of term: Tooth
tooth_pag1.html Tooth Root
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Tooth Root, definition of term: Tooth Root
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Wisdom Tooth, definition of term: Wisdom Tooth
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