Usually means: Pivot point supporting lever movement.
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  9. fulcrum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  25. fulcrum: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. fulcrum: Archaeology Wordsmith
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noun:  (mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.
noun:  (figurative) A crux or pivot; a central point.
noun:  (military) NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-29 aircraft.

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