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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 690 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIVOT (Fr. pivot; probably connected with Ital. pivolo, peg, pin, diminutive of piva, pipa,
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pipe)
  , that on which something turns, specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle . The
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term occurs frequently in combination with other words, chiefly in technical usage, e.g_ " pivot-gearing," for a
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system of gearing in machinery which admits of the shifting of the axis of a driving wheel, so that the power may be communicated in various directions .

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