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English: Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary. Lever, n. a bar of metal or other substance turning on a support called the fulcrum or prop, for imparting pressure or motion from a source of power to a resistance—of three kinds, according to the relative positions of the power, weight, and fulcrum.
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Source Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
Author Rev. Thomas Davidson 1856-1923 (ed.)

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