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Definitions for Fulcrum

[1] the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
[2] any prop or support.
[3] Zoology . any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.
[4] to fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on.
[5] the pivot about which a lever turns
[6] something that supports or sustains; prop
[7] a spinelike scale occurring in rows along the anterior edge of the fins in primitive bony fishes such as the sturgeon

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Origin of Fulcrum

1665–75; < Latin: back-support of a couch, apparently for fulctrum, equivalent to fulc(īre ) to hold up, support + -trum noun suffix of instrument

Word origin for Fulcrum

C17: from Latin: foot of a couch, bedpost, from fulcire to prop up

Synonyms for Fulcrum

blueprint, clue, code, core, guide, indicator, means, passport, password, sign, ticket, brand, cipher, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, hinge, index, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, nexus, nucleus, pivot, pointer, root, symptom, translation