Definition of Fulcrum

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Fulcrum

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.

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Fulcrum Quotations

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.
Thomas Jefferson

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

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.
John Fowles

Fulcrum Translations

fulcrum in French is quadrillage
fulcrum in Spanish is fulcro

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