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KEY |
Fulcrum |
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SEAT |
Fulcrum |
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HOLDER |
Fulcrum |
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PIVOT |
Fulcrum |
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FULCRA |
See Fulcrum. |
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FULCRUMS |
Of Fulcrum |
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FULCIMENT |
A prop; a fulcrum. |
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GLUT |
A block used for a fulcrum. |
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HELVE |
A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve
between the fulcrum and the head. |
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PADDLE |
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a
fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats. |
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ARM |
A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a
trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard. |
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THOLE |
A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to
serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. |
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PINCH |
A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum,
-- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
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ABUTMENT |
A fixed point or surface from which resistance or
reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, the
fulcrum of a lever, etc. |
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HETERODROMOUS |
Moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever,
pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on
opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis. |
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SWEEP |
A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal
fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a
well for drawing water. |
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HOMODROMOUS |
Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or
pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the
same side of the fulcrum or axis. |
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BELL CRANK |
A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a
right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in
bell pulls and i... |
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STEELYARD |
... is
suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum,
and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce
... |
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ROWLOCK |
A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an
oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a
boat, sometimes of... |
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LEVER |
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point,
or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where
forces are ap... |
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MACHINE |
...d its nut, or a
lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot,
etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, cons... |