(n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
(n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
(n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
(n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
(v. t.) To place on a pivot.
Example Sentences:
(1) Excessive accumulation of hydrogen ions in the brain may play a pivotal role in initiating the necrosis seen in infarction and following hyperglycemic augmentation of ischemic brain damage.
(2) The function of motherese has become a pivotal issue in the language-learning literature.
(3) Glucose is the principal source for energy production in the brain, and undisturbed glucose metabolism is pivotally significant for normal function of this organ.
(4) Currently employed clinical indicators of perfusion provide inadequate warning of developing hazards caused by marginal perfusion in certain vital organs or "peripheral" tissues that are pivotal to postsurgical wound healing.
(5) Endobronchial biopsy and bronchial lavage studies following inhaled PAF did not show any increase in the number of activation of eosinophils, which are pivotal in the pathogenesis of BHR.
(6) Turkish police have stormed the offices of an opposition media group days before the country’s pivotal election, in a crackdown on companies linked to a US-based cleric and critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan .
(7) It was the introduction of Aluko that proved pivotal.
(8) This article discusses the effect of existing statutes and case law on three pivotal questions: To what sort of information are people entitled?
(9) It has been generally accepted that the deregulation of oncogenes or their regulators play a pivotal role in progression of this prevalent disease.
(10) The fact that Fraser suggested Pinter write one of the pivotal scenes, in which Emma challenges Jerry to leave his wife, was a revelation, he says.
(11) Marine Rotational Force – Darwin” (MRF-D) is one of four American marine air ground task forces (MAGTFs) in the Asia-Pacific region, along with those in Guam, Hawaii and Okinawa, the sum of which make up a central strategic pillar of the pivot.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m president, they’re not’: Donald Trump at rally in Washington Trump is “much more resilient” than his opponents allow, said Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, before pivoting to a plug for his new book, Understanding Trump .
(13) Twitter has become pivotal in organising anti-government dissent in the past year: the Occupy Gezi movement, which marches against the recently passed internet censorship bill that allows the government to block any content within four hours without a court order, and the massive street protest and the funeral attended by hundreds of thousands after the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan , were initiated via social media.
(14) Verbal and non verbal communication skills (with the patient and the team) are pivotal in this approach; relatives are considered partners in the care of the patient and an essential element of the caring environment.
(15) This year will mark the start of a pivotal chapter for development as the UN finalises ambitious goals this autumn to improve all lives and secure a healthy planet.
(16) The 5' cap structure of eucaryotic mRNA plays a pivotal role in mRNA metabolism.
(17) Thirty years after one of the pivotal clashes in the miners' strike of 1984 when violent confrontations erupted at the Orgreave coking plant, the area outside Sheffield could barely look more different.
(18) Arthritic symptoms were present at operation in thirty patients, while thirty-four had no postoperative objective signs of pivot shift or instability.
(19) Two lines of evidence indicate that the general transcription factor TFIIB is a pivotal component in the mechanism by which an acidic activator functions.
(20) If cortical actin filaments are disrupted with dihydrocytochalasin B, processes form that are similar to those induced by dBcAMP suggesting that the disruption of the cortical actin network is the pivotal step in process formation.
Slew
Definition:
(imp.) of Slay
() imp. of Slay.
(v. t.) See Slue.
Example Sentences:
(1) FC Terek Grozny, the newly energised team based in the troubled Caucasus republic of Chechnya , is hoping a slew of high-profile international acquisitions will help it make waves in the Russian premier league, which kicked off last weekend.
(2) The two polls underline the extent to which the coalition parties have been hit by a budget that has led to a slew of bad headlines over the granny tax, pasty tax and charities tax.
(3) A slew of figures from showbusiness, royalty and sport have also been linked with offshore companies in the documents.
(4) The developments include a DC SQUID with FM read-out, resulting in the most compact SQUID electronics so far, a planar microwave biased RF SQUID with very high slew rate, and efforts to create reliable SQUIDs with sufficient sensitivity for biomagnetic applications that are cooled by liquid nitrogen.
(5) Last year saw a slew of shootings involving members of the Yamaguchi-gumi - Japan's biggest underworld organisation - and a rival gang as they battled for control of lucrative districts in Tokyo.
(6) Individual cities have introduced a slew of initiatives, such as San Diego’s recycling of wastewater for drinking .
(7) "Our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, but they are by no means on a preset course," Bernanke will testify, according to Reuters : Bernanke set off a brief but fierce global market sell-off last month when he outlined plans to reduce the quantitative easing program, and he has joined a slew of Fed officials since then who have spelled out their intention to keep interest rates near zero well after the asset purchases.
(8) It works thus: you pick out what you want from a slew of local shops, and for £3.50 a man in a van delivers it to your house after work, a sort of posh meals-on-wheels meets Ocado.
(9) He conceded his speech was wide-ranging, which is one reason it prompted a slew of different headlines in the weekend press .
(10) Between the election and inauguration, Trump spent much of his time hosting meetings with representatives on a slew of topics and interest groups.
(11) It is the third suit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against a slew of North Dakota laws aimed at making the state abortion free.
(12) However, Black produces a slew of evidence that questions the analysis of the Office of National Statistics used to work out the productivity of the health service.
(13) The average chronic slew rate was half the average acute value.
(14) A slew of former and current New York politicians are joining demonstrators, who are bringing in 100 wheelchairs.
(15) CT scatter was observed to increase as scan field size and slice thickness increased, whilst there was little change in scatter with changes in gantry tilt and table slew.
(16) Similar changes were noted for the rate of voltage change (slew rate).
(17) Following a slew of downbeat economic indicators, market expectations are growing that there will be more quantitative easing from the Fed before the end of the year.
(18) The contentious Carmichael project has been delayed amid a thermal coal market slump and a slew of legal challenges from conservationists and traditional owners.
(19) The only real difference between Adam and Eve's kids and Marion and Ralph's over-achieving sons is that while the first murderer (Cain) slew Abel because, according to Genesis, the latter was favoured by God, David might have to slay Ed for being favoured by Labour party members.
(20) Some had been expecting an even weaker reading after a slew of downbeat economic indicators from the US in recent weeks.