Meaning Of The Word Fulcrum

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Fulcrum Meaning

Fulcrum Definition
Fulcrum Definition

What's The Definition Of Fulcrum?

fulcrum
singular noun: If you say that someone or something is the fulcrum of an activity or situation, you mean that they have a very important effect on what happens.

fulcrum in American English
the support or point of support on which a lever turns in raising or moving something
noun: the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body
transitive verb: to fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on

fulcrum in British English
noun: the pivot about which a lever turns

fulcrum in Mechanical Engineering
noun: A fulcrum is the pivot around which a lever turns.

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