fulcrum

See also Fulcrum

English

WOTD - 7 September 2011    

Wikipedia

The triangle is the fulcrum.

Etymology

From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfʌlk.rəm/

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Noun

fulcrum (plural fulcrums or fulcra)

1. (mechanics) 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.

   • 2010, John Allison, Bad Machinery

     MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world.

     CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times.

Translations

support about which a lever pivots

Armenian: հենակետ (hy) (henaket) Czech: opěrný bod (cs) m. Danish: understøttelsespunkt (da) n. Dutch: draaipunt (nl) n., steunpunt (nl) n. Esperanto: apogpunkto (eo) Finnish: tukipiste (fi) French: point d’appui m. German: Angelpunkt (de) m., Drehpunkt (de) m., Hebelstützpunkt (de) m. Greek: υπομόχλιο (el) (ypomóchlio) n. Hungarian: forgástengely (hu)

Ido: apog-punto, pivoto Italian: fulcro (it) m. Japanese: 支点 (してん, shiten) Norwegian: dreiepunkt (no) n., dreiningspunkt (no) n., hvilepunkt (no) n., omdreiningspunkt (no) n. Portuguese: ponto de apoio m., fulcro (pt) m. Russian: точка опоры (ru) Serbo-Croatian: uporište (sh) Spanish: pivote m., punto de apoyo m., fulcro m. Ukrainian: точка опори (uk) f.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈful.krum/

Noun

fulcrum (genitive fulcrī); n, second declension

1. bedpost
2. foot (of a couch)
3. couch

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fulcrum	fulcra
genitive	fulcrī	fulcrōrum
dative	fulcrō	fulcrīs
accusative	fulcrum	fulcra
ablative	fulcrō	fulcrīs
vocative	fulcrum	fulcra

Descendants

• English: fulcrum
• French: fulcrum
• Italian: fulcro
• Portuguese: fulcro
• Spanish: fulcro