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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 king and his court, with the royal family and household at its centre, were the focus and fulcrum of English government and politics.
The odd-looking wood ball acts as a fulcrum, transforming even a short handle into a powerful lever.
The fulcrum for the lever action is the surface of the soil when the blade is inserted for digging.
Rediscovered and revitalized, the central space is the fulcrum of the scheme, its character changing with the various levels.
The event that forms Ararat's fulcrum is the 1915 attempted genocide of the Armenian people by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
The shoulder joint serves as the fulcrum for a third class lever system designed for mobility and speed of movement, not for strength.

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