Definition of Pivotings

1. pivoting [n] - See also: pivoting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pivotings

pivanilide
pivanilides
pivot
pivot joint
pivot man
pivot shift test
pivot shot
pivotable
pivotal
pivotally
pivoted
pivoter
pivoters
pivoting
pivoting window
pivotings (current term)
pivotless
pivotlike
pivotman
pivotmen
pivots
piwakawaka
pix
pix chest
pixantrone
pixel
pixel-peeper
pixel-perfect
pixel art
pixel peep

Literary usage of Pivotings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Congress of the American School Hygiene Association by American School Hygiene Association (1911)
"We speak of many things having a physical "basis" and there around that word we perform one of those logical pivotings which are so disastrous. ..."

2. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"Details of the derrick castings and pivotings are shown, those for the foot of the mast in Figs. 12-14, and those for the top in Figs. 15 and 16. ..."

3. The Life of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., of the by Henry Mortimer Durand (1883)
"In order to avoid an action the change of position was to be effected by two or three pivotings on the flank of the camp. The objections to this were ..."

4. The Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1851)
"In order to avoid an action, the change of position was to be effected by two or three pivotings on the flank of the camp. Gough was very right in holding ..."

5. Notes on Equitation and Horse Training: In Answer to the Examination by George Hamilton Cameron, United States War Dept (1910)
"... which promptly leads up to resistance, it is urged that the horse be pushed straight ahead at a trot after each one of these pivotings. ..."

6. Proceedings of the ... Congress of the American School Hygiene Association by American School Hygiene Association (1911)
"We speak of many things having a physical "basis" and there around that word we perform one of those logical pivotings which are so disastrous. ..."

7. An Elementary Treatise on Hoisting Machinery Including the Elements of Crane by Joseph Gregory Horner (1903)
"Details of the derrick castings and pivotings are shown, those for the foot of the mast in Figs. 12-14, and those for the top in Figs. 15 and 16. ..."

8. The Life of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand, K.C.S.I., C.B., of the by Henry Mortimer Durand (1883)
"In order to avoid an action the change of position was to be effected by two or three pivotings on the flank of the camp. The objections to this were ..."

9. The Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1851)
"In order to avoid an action, the change of position was to be effected by two or three pivotings on the flank of the camp. Gough was very right in holding ..."

10. Notes on Equitation and Horse Training: In Answer to the Examination by George Hamilton Cameron, United States War Dept (1910)
"... which promptly leads up to resistance, it is urged that the horse be pushed straight ahead at a trot after each one of these pivotings. ..."

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