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Definition of Fulcrum

Fulcrum
Fulcrum Ful"crum, n.; pl. L. Fulcra, E. Fulcrums. [L., bedpost, fr. fulcire to prop.] 1. A prop or support. 2. (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. 3. (Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] --Gray. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects. (b) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes. 5. (Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Meaning of Fulcrum from wikipedia

- Look up fulcrum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A fulcrum (pl.: fulcra or fulcrums) is the support about which a lever pivots. Fulcrum may also refer...
- fixed hinge, or fulcrum. A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, load, and effort...
- The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by...
- Fulcrum Press (1965 – 1974) was founded in London in the mid-1960s by medical student Stuart Montgomery (born 1938, in Rhodesia) and his wife Deirdre...
- Fulcrum is the codename of a hostile fictional espionage organization in the television series Chuck. Fulcrum serves as the primary antagonist throughout...
- The Fulcrum is the English language student newspaper at the University of Ottawa. The paper dates back to 1942 and co-exists on the bilingual campus...
- The Mikoyan MiG-35 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-35; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) is a Russian multirole fighter that is designed by Mikoyan, a division of...
- The Mikoyan MiG-29M (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29M; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-E) is a Russian multirole fighter that first flew in 2005. The unified platform...
- The Mikoyan MiG-29K (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29K; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft developed...
- briefly used marketing name for the MiG-29ME export model of the MiG-29M Fulcrum-E, a comprehensively upgraded, fully multirole version of the MiG-29. Although...