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Webster 1913 Edition
Leverage
Lev′er-age
(lĕv′ẽr-ā̍j or lē′vẽr-ā̍j)
, Noun.
The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
Leverage of a couple
(Mech.)
, the perpendicular distance between the lines of action of two forces which act in parallel and opposite directions.
– Leverage of a force
, the perpendicular distance from the line in which a force acts upon a body to a point about which the body may be supposed to turn.