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Fulcrum

//ˈfʊlk.ɹəm// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft.
Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the pivot about which a lever turns wordnet
  3. 3
    A crux or pivot; a central point. figuratively

    "By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).

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