pivot

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.

The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.

(figurative) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.

Act of turning on one foot.

(US) A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.

A pivot table.

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.

An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.

Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.

A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.

A quarterback.

A circle runner.

A pivotal quantity.

To turn on an exact spot.

To make a sudden or swift change in strategy, policy, etc.

To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.

(US) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.