fulcra
- plural of fulcrum.
Example Sentences
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Fortune, especially in war, uses tiny fulcra for her powerful lever.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
Positioned as they are, between the bifurcations of the suspensory ligament and the pastern joint, they serve as fulcra and effectively assist in minimizing concussion which is received by the suspensory ligament.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
It comprises the potentials of shoulders and spinal column which are fulcra of action, and of lungs and heart which are the energising organs of Life.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
The former two are supposed to constitute the living tissue of the State; the latter are the fulcra and resistances, the bone and cover of its body.
From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
They thus form movable fulcra to bodies acting upon them.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
