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fulcrum - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fulcrum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fulcrum [ n.]
- A prop or support.
- That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.
- An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.
- The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
- One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.
- The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.