Word of the Day August 23, 2019

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Today's word: fulcrumˈfʊl krəm, ˈfʌl-

This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word fulcrum

Princeton's WordNet

fulcrum(noun)
the pivot about which a lever turns

Wiktionary

fulcrum(Noun)
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.
Fulcrum(ProperNoun)
NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft.

Origin: From fulcrum, from fulcio.

Webster Dictionary

Fulcrum(noun)
a prop or support
Fulcrum(noun)
that by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body
Fulcrum(noun)
an accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like
Fulcrum(noun)
the horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects
Fulcrum(noun)
one of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes
Fulcrum(noun)
the connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye

Origin: [L., bedpost, fr. fulcire to prop.]

Freebase

Fulcrum
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 with La Rotonde, the University of Ottawa's French newspaper. The two newspapers are not simply translated copies of the same material, rather, the two are completely separate—and sometimes rivalling—entities. The newspaper covers news, arts and culture, and sports information relevant to University of Ottawa students and nearby community, and contains a feature article each week. It is published weekly during the school year and less regularly during exam and break periods. By tradition, the last issue published contains a parody publication within; the parody at the end of the 2007 school year, for example, was FulPress; a parody of the Ottawa Xpress. The Fulcrum is a member of the Canadian University Press, and recently hosted CUP 70 in January, 2008. At CUP 71, held in Saskatoon during January 2009, the Fulcrum officially became the sister paper of the Muse at Memorial University.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

Fulcrum
ful′krum, n. (mech.) the prop or fixed point on which a lever moves: a prop:—pl. Ful′crums, Ful′cra.—adj. Ful′crate, supported with fulcrums. [L. fulcrum, a prop, fulcīre, to prop.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

fulcrum
The prop or support of a lever in lifting or removing a heavy body.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

fulcrum
A cast-iron post at the breech of large cannon used as a support for an iron bar in giving elevations; called also ratchet post.

How to pronounce fulcrum?

Alex
US English
Daniel
British
Karen
Australian
Veena
Indian

How to say fulcrum in sign language?

Numerology

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fulcrum in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fulcrum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fulcrum in a Sentence

Mehmet Murat ildan:
Civil disobedience is a lever which can move the world by using peace as a fulcrum.
Archimedes:
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Paul Hokemeyer:
We must use this election as a pushing off point, a fulcrum to channel our individual and societal resiliency.
John Dean:
There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.
Tom Zegan:
I might not be a Nobel Peace Prize winner but I know that the opposite of love is not indifference, it's hate. Indifference would be the fulcrum (center point) between love and hate. To think otherwise is ludicrous.