Fulcrum

n.	1.
	1.	A prop or support.
	2.	(Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.
	3.	(Bot.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.
	4.	(Zool.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
	5.	(Anat.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.

Noun

1.

fulcrum - the pivot about which a lever turns

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