fulcrum
fulcrum is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.
- 2.(Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] Gray.
- 3.(Zoöl.) (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.
- 4.(Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is fulcrum.
- What is that by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body called?
- What is an accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like. [R.] Gray called?
- What is (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 called?
- What is the connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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