OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4623

fulcrum

/ˈfʊlk.ɹəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fulcro • hipomoclio • pivote • punto de apoyo
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.
MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world. CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.
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