fulcrum
ಫಾಲ್ಕ್ರುಮ್
definition
noun
By rotating the dial, the pivot point or the fulcrum of the brake lever moves in and out.
the point on which a lever rests or is supported and on which it pivots.
example
If pre-emption replaces deterrence as the 'fulcrum' of global engineering, then the boundary blurs between the forces of civilisation and terror.
Will this be the 'fulcrum' on which control of the Senate turns?
The shoulder joint serves as the 'fulcrum' for a third class lever system designed for mobility and speed of movement, not for strength.
Yet they camped in the Tullow 22 for most of the closing ten minutes with Stephen Dalton making one good surge for the left corner and O'Brien the 'fulcrum' of drives off penalties after that.
Here the discovery of a sexual relationship between the beguiling pottery teacher and a loutish lad becomes the 'fulcrum' of staff-room power: it seems all too alarmingly possible.
The odd-looking wood ball acts as a 'fulcrum' , transforming even a short handle into a powerful lever.
When tetrapods bite an object, their jaws are loaded somewhat as beams with the jaw joint acting as a 'fulcrum' .
Only two of the six chapters make masculinity a central analytical 'fulcrum' ; the other four make mention of it but do not explore it in any real depth.
On a hard surface, the base of the scales bowed slightly, shortening the distance between the 'fulcrum' of the levers and the point at which they put pressure on the spring.
It might be the 'fulcrum' around which the future of baseball will pivot.
But when you pare away the sentimentality, when you realise that sumptuous as the scenery is it does not pay the mortgage, you appreciate that farming is the 'fulcrum' of rural life, the pivot that makes everything else possible.
By rotating the dial, the pivot point or the 'fulcrum' of the brake lever moves in and out.
Barrett was the 'fulcrum' on which the game levered Tinryland's way in the first half.
And Archimedes proved from his axioms on the lever that two unequal weights balance at distances from the 'fulcrum' that are inversely proportional to their weights.
An elastic pole, about 15 feet long, was placed over a 'fulcrum' and fastened to the ground at one end.
A perineum on which forceps are used may be thought of more like a mechanical 'fulcrum' than a genital area.
research is the 'fulcrum' of the academic community
tourism was the 'fulcrum' for economic growth
Yet in the past humanism has always played down our dependency on our planetary habitat, placing the 'fulcrum' of our humanity in an essentially mythological realm of spirit and reason.
You get higher leverage with the cable attached closer to the to the pivot, as you would expect when moving the person you are trying to lift toward the 'fulcrum' of a teeter totter.
Maybe I'm ignorant to the ways of the marketing world, but I can't imagine Winnie the Pooh being the 'fulcrum' which tips scales in the favor of purchasing a cereal.
research is the 'fulcrum' of the academic community
Mason always has been a great team player, as long as he was the 'fulcrum' in its offense or played a major role.
When they attacked, Parks was invariably the 'fulcrum' , prompting and probing with his educated boot and exposing the Ospreys' frailty in midfield.
Rediscovered and revitalized, the central space is the 'fulcrum' of the scheme, its character changing with the various levels.
A steel column marking the original exterior wall is the 'fulcrum' for the kitchen's L-shaped layout.
the hall serves as a 'fulcrum' for community activities
The action of adduction along the frontal plane of the body will cause the arm to be moved in a curvilinear arc (the arm being a lever system with the 'fulcrum' at the shoulder end).
For this mechanism to have worked, the 'fulcrum' , or point of rotation, of the gastralia would have been located dorsal to the ventral end of the pubes.
At the anterior edge of the 'fulcrum' of the pleura is a small articulating process which fit into a socket in the preceding pleura or the margin of the fixed cheek.
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