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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation;
- Example: "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint"
[syn: pivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pivot joint
    n 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" [syn: pivot joint, rotary joint,
         rotatory joint, articulatio trochoidea]