What does pivot joint mean?

pivot joint means "a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation".

What is another word for pivot joint?

Close synonyms include rotary joint, rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pivot joint a common word?

pivot joint is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

pivot joint — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation
“the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint”
Synonymsrotary joint rotatory joint articulatio trochoidea
Broadersynovial joint

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What does pivot joint mean?: pivot joint means "a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation".
What is another word for pivot joint?

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