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What is a fulcrum?

What is a fulcrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
  2. (figuratively) A crux or pivot; a central point.
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The shoulder joint serves as the fulcrum for a third class lever system designed for mobility and speed of movement, not for strength.
Mason always has been a great team player, as long as he was the fulcrum in its offense or played a major role.
A perineum on which forceps are used may be thought of more like a mechanical fulcrum than a genital area.
An elastic pole, about 15 feet long, was placed over a fulcrum and fastened to the ground at one end.
The event that forms Ararat's fulcrum is the 1915 attempted genocide of the Armenian people by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
The king and his court, with the royal family and household at its centre, were the focus and fulcrum of English government and politics.

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