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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. being of crucial importance;
- Example: "a pivotal event"
- Example: "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger
- Example: "the polar events of this study"
- Example: "a polar principal"
[syn: pivotal, polar]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a.
   Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to,
   or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the
   pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a
   battle.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pivotal
    adj 1: being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its
           pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic
           invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this
           study"; "a polar principal" [syn: pivotal, polar]