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"ref": "1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 382",
"text": "The weight of the body and the traction and braking forces are taken by the conventional dished bogie centre pivot with phosphor-bronze liner; this type of centre pivot facilitates passage over marshalling yard humps.",
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"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-pivot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-pivot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-pivot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-pivot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-pivot.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pivotiram",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "пивотирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "pivotar"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "pöörlema"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "kääntyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "pivoter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "sich drehen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "imperniare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "kauhuri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "kaurori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "taka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"word": "girar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertétʹsja",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "верте́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "враща́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "верте́ться/враща́ться вокру́г свое́й оси́",
"roman": "vertétʹsja/vraščátʹsja vokrúg svojéj osí",
"sense": "to turn on an exact spot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
}
],
"word": "pivot"
}
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