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"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "հենակետ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krópka apóry",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кропка апоры"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oporna točka",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "опорна точка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulcre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "支點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhīdiǎn",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "支点"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opěrný bod"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "understøttelsespunkt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "draaipunt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "steunpunt"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "apogpunkto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "tukipiste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point d’appui"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinze"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Angelpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Drehpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hebelstützpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lager"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Drehachse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stützpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gelenkpunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stütze"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypomóchlio",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "υπομόχλιο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupomókhlion",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "ὑπομόχλιον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "forgáspont"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "forgástengely"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "apog-punto"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "pivoto"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "fulkrum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "titik tumpu"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "borradh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "buthal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulcro"
},
{
"alt": "してん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiten",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "支点"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fulcrum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oslonec",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ослонец"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "sangga tuas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "fulkrum"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "kaurori"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dreiepunkt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dreiningspunkt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hvilepunkt"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "omdreiningspunkt"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "تکیهگاه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punkt podparcia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulcro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto de apoio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "punct de sprijin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tóčka opóry",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "то́чка опо́ры"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "uporište"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pivote"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto de apoyo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulcro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hipomoclio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "rotationspunkt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "ledpunkt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "vridningspunkt"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ādhāramu",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "ఆధారము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"word": "destek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "točka opory",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "точка опори"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffwlcrwm"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "support about which a lever pivots",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pwysbwynt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a crux or pivot; a central point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dreh- und Angelpunkt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lever"
],
"word": "fulcrum"
}
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