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fulcrum
/ˈfʊlk.ɹəm/
noun 2name 1
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3ADJ.
enough
VERB + FULCRUM
functions
PREP.
about, on
Definitions
noun
1
The support about which a lever pivots.
It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world. CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
2
A crux or pivot; a central point.
By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women.
Chelsea's Mason Mount is a top-class talent while West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has moved his game on to another level this season and will be the fulcrum of England's midfield this summer.
name
1
NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft.
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It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
Wiktionary02
MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world. CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
Wiktionary03
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
Wiktionary04
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Tatoeba · #304341905
When you push yourself off the ground, the ball of your foot functions as a fulcrum.
Tatoeba · #1112532506
The fulcrum needs to be closer to the center.
Tatoeba · #11492687Usage Notes
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