Look up: Lever

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   lever
   [Noun] Something that can be used to make people do what you want them to do, rather than what they want to do. Also means a handle on a machine or a bar that you can wedge under a heavy object to make it move.
   Example: The company used the threat of redundancies as a lever to persuade employees to settle for less pay.
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   lever
   [n] - a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum 2. [n] - a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock 3. [n] - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
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   Lever
   One of the basic tools that date from prehistoric times. Simply a beam (lever) is used to move a load with a fulcrum (pivot) and an applied force. The position of the three determines the mechanical advantage.First Class LeverWith this type of lever the fulcrum is situated between the load and the applied force.Example: Pliers.Second Class LeverWit...
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   lever
   straight bar or other rigid structure of which one point is fixed,another is connected with the force to be resisted or acted upon and a third is connected with the force Category: Physics • control device hand operated by pushing or pulling through an angular movement Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Lever
   Lev'er (lē'vẽr) adjective [ Old compar. of leve or lief .] More agreeable; more pleasing. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. To be lever than . See Had as lief , under Had .
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   Lever
   Lev'er adverb Rather. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. « For lever had I die than see his deadly face.» Spenser.
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   Lever
   Le'ver (lē'vẽr or lĕv'ẽr; 277) noun [ Middle English levour , Old French leveor , prop., a lifter, from French lever to raise, Latin levare ; akin to levis light in weight, English levity , and perhaps to English light not heavy: confer French levier . Confer Alleviate , Elevate , Leaven , < ...
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   lever
   1. <mechanics> 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 applied; used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif, a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its le ...
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   lever
   noun a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
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    lever
    noun a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
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    Lever
    In physics, a `lever` (from French `lever`, `to raise`, c.f. a `levant`) is a rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum or pivot point to multiply the mechanical force that can be applied to another object. This is also termed mechanical advantage, and is one example of the principle of moments. A lever is one of the six simple machines.
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    Lever
    • (a.) More agreeable; more pleasing. • (adv.) Rather. • (n.) 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 applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to e...
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    lever
    simple machine used to amplify physical force. All early people used the lever in some form, for moving heavy stones or as digging sticks for land ... [1 related articles]
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    lever
    
    1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
    2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
    
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    lever
    insulating tool used to open the sheath of a cable or to pry the covering off conductors
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    lever
    Levers form one of the most important groups of simple machines, devices that enable energy to be used in the most advantageous way. At its simplest a lever is a rigid bar that can be turned freely round a fixed point (known as the fulcrum), and it is surprising what such a simple device can achieve...
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    lever
    lever, simple machine consisting of a bar supported at some stationary point along its length and used to overcome resistance at a second point by application of force at a third point. The stationary point of a lever is known as its fulcrum. The term lever is also applied to a projecting piece that...
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