pivot
/ˈpɪv.ɪt/ sustantivo C2En español: perno, pivote, pívot
- A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
- Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
- Act of turning on one foot.
- The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
- A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
- An 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.
- A pivot table.
- Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
Plural pivots
De la biblioteca
What we colloquially refer to as multitasking is actually task-switching, a process where the brain rapidly pivots its attention from one activity to another.
If the preservation of biodiversity is the ultimate goal, perhaps the allocation of resources should pivot toward safeguarding native habitats rather than sustaining artificial enclosures.
Conversely, if a narrative thread failed to elicit the desired enthusiasm, he possessed the requisite dexterity to pivot, subtly altering the trajectory of the plot.
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