(n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body.
(n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.
(n.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.
(n.) One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes.
(n.) The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is now a well-known fact that the human body is able to use luminous stimulation for aims other than sight; the pineal gland, though no longer directly sensitive to light as in lower animals, is nevertheless the fulcrum of a complex neuro-endocrine system which makes an interaction between light and the human body possible by means of the production of a number of substances of which melatonin is the most widely investigated.
(2) These results are consistent with the interpretation of DF as a zero reference point or fulcrum about which accommodative effort varies.
(3) The letter identified a single point, OcC point (Cervera's occlusal point), as the primary fulcrum from which to perform a correct cephalometric superimposition in order to examine the patient's anticipated growth.
(4) Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the former top adviser to Barack Obama suddenly facing a runoff for re-election, remained at the political fulcrum of a mounting campaign both on social media and the streets of Chicago, where demonstrations were planned for Saturday outside what coordinated campaigners described as mirroring a CIA “black site”.
(5) Two details distinguish this incision from other sutureless closures: the fulcrum in the crotch of the V provides easier access to the anterior chamber for instrument manipulation, and the termination of the scleral tunnel entry posterior to the cornea lessens the likelihood of corneal folds that may interfere with visualization during surgery.
(6) Their firm attachment to the ciliary epithelium and the great number of intercellular junctions known as mechanical structures lend further support to our concept that these structures function as a fulcrum in the process of accommodation.
(7) In case of occlusion, the mandible is elevated by the muscles of mastication with T. M. J. as the fulcrum point, and at this time, the masticatory force concentrated mainly on the dental arch is absorbed into the jaw bone through the periodontal tissues.
(8) The movements and the fulcrums of the prosthesis were changed by the presence of simulated retained roots posterior to the distal abutment.
(9) 10.25pm BST 56 mins Diskerud has done well to be a fulcrum of US attacking play in this half, and Donovan has drifted out to the right to find some space to run at the defense.
(10) The nitrogen of an allylic amine can serve as the fulcrum for stereocontrolled delivery of oxygen to an adjacent trigonal site, and cis-hydroxyamino sugars can thus be prepared.
(11) The shelf attachment to the main maxillary process is progressively undercut by epithelial invagination, producing a fulcrum for shelf elevation.
(12) Standing permanently on guard at the fulcrum of competing privatised arms of the state, armed with his suitcase of his rivals' commercial secrets, is a more tedious occupation.
(13) This is to be avoided because much larger levator resections are required when this ligament's support to the upper lid and the fulcrum effect for the levator are lost.
(14) Due to the superior displacement characteristics of the TMJ, the condyle does not act as the fulcrum in mandibular kinetics.
(15) However, Scholes believes it is the system, rather than the man preferred as the fulcrum of United’s attack, that is flawed.
(16) Rallying supporters at a phone bank on the eve of voting on Monday, Gardner, a congressman, called Colorado the “tip of the spear, the fulcrum of power”.
(17) The instrument differentiated between lateral and rotational parietal bone movements around the fulcrum of the suture.
(18) "Someone has to do it and the ideal would be that you chose the discrete broadcaster of a devolved nation at the fulcrum of the issue," Woodward said.
(19) It was his personality that made Heidelberg a fulcrum of a growing new scientific self-assurance that had no precedent in clinical psychiatry which no longer needed the disciplines of neuropathology and neurophysiology as pillars of support to gain recognition among the experts.
(20) Now the US build a little more inventively with Altidore as the fulcrum and ultimately the intended target of a Johnson cross.
Leaver
Definition:
(n.) One who leaves, or withdraws.
Example Sentences:
(1) I f you haven’t got a family, you need that replaced in some way, that’s the most important thing you can do for someone in care,” says 24-year-old Chloe Juliette, herself a care leaver.
(2) If the leavers are seeking a culprit, they need only look in the mirror.
(3) Oh, and that it's going to be really tough for school-leavers to find jobs over the next few years, which will just pile the pressure on degree-course places.
(4) And, for many of those in care, the local authority services that are meant to support them fall short, with those in charge failing to listen to what care leavers really need and want.
(5) Newham council said some of the women in the hostel might qualify for the 15 units it makes available each year for hostel leavers.
(6) If the Leavers are to prevail on 23 June, they have to be able to deliver straightforward, compelling answers to the obvious questions.
(7) Only by looking closely could you see that they had included both undergraduate and postgraduate course leavers.
(8) Every day looked after children and care leavers face unfair and unjust discrimination.
(9) These motives were satisfactorily realised, according to the 'stayers'; and 'leavers' scored less favourably, but still at a high level.
(10) Half the leavers were aged 20-40, and twice as many as a decade ago had degrees.
(11) Sounds as if it had better get a move on or there won't be any university language departments for linguistically able school leavers to take their degrees in and train to be the language teachers, translators and interpreters of the future.
(12) Duncalf believes the key to developing a better transition for those leaving care is to look at the whole life of a leaver, not just a snapshot and Duncalf's current project to capture this whole life cycle through the collection of oral histories aims to do this.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cuts in local mental health services have also affected care leavers disproportionately.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’ve got a Theresa May outfit ready for leavers’ day at school’: first-time voter Isaac, 18, in Nottingham.
(15) One posting states that any sixth-form students who attended a leavers’ party and engaged in ‘free-mixing’ or ‘listening to music’ would face ‘severe consequences later’,” inspectors noted.
(16) The life story books giving adopted children memories of their past Read more Having a cut-off in England that deprives many care leavers of statutory support after the age of 18 means that many are left to fend for themselves in a way that sets them up to fail.
(17) The aim of the study was to see how effectively a group of Scottish school leavers coped with the change.
(18) But the forecasts raised concerns that young people are missing out in the recovery, prompting Longworth's warning that school leavers and graduates could be missing out.
(19) Be in no doubt: the leavers’ recruitment of Gove, a man of intellect and integrity, is a fillip to their cause.
(20) The results justify both the reservation of places offered to nonschool leavers and the system used for their selection.