fulcrum

[Ful·crum]

The supporting point of a lever, the first fulcrum you met was probably on the playground right underneath the see saw.

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A prop or support.

Noun
the pivot about which a lever turns


n.
A prop or support.

n.
That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.

n.
An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.

n.
The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.

n.
One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.

n.
The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.


Fulcrum

Ful"crum , n.; pl. L. Fulcra , E. Fulcrums . [L., bedpost, fr. fulcire to prop.] 1. A prop or support. 2. (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. 3. (Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] Gray. 4. (Zo'94l.) (a) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects. (b) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes. 5. (Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

A prop or support.

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Usage Examples

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

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