Meaning

2 senses

  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.

    Angelpunkt, Drehpunkt, Hebelstützpunkt

    то́чка опо́рыtóčka opóry

    точка опориtočka opory

    the pivot about which a lever turns

  2. (figuratively)A crux or pivot; a central point.

    Dreh- und Angelpunkt

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The fulcrum needs to be closer to the center.

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  2. When you push yourself off the ground, the ball of your foot functions as a fulcrum.

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

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
support about which a lever pivots:
Русский
By meaning 1
support about which a lever pivots:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
support about which a lever pivots:
a crux or pivot; a central point:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: fulcrums / fulcra
Singularfulcrum
Pluralfulcrums / fulcra

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfulcral
Derivedperifulcrum

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fugitivefujifulfilB2fulfillB2fullA1
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