- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- pry: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- 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 point to multiply the mechanical force (effort) that can be applied to another object (load). ...
- Tourist Group, now with a trading name of Southern Coach Hire, is the name covering a group of southern (English) bus and coach operators. All of the operators are subsidiaries of Wilts & Dorset, which is itself part of the much larger Go-Ahead Group.
- Lever is a surname. People with that name include: *Johnny Lever, a Bollywood actor *William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English industrialist and Member of Parliament; the primary founder of Lever Brothers. ...
- Lever is a Portuguese town and a parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. It has a population of 3,033 (2001) and an area of 6.88 km².
- 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. ...
- (levered) Equipped with a lever or levers
- (Levering) useful term describing a score of 1 under double par. Sounds much nicer than a 9 on a par 5. Gimme a Levering on that one!
- (Levers) Key moves the levers as it turns inside the lock. The more levers the more complex the lock. Levers are housed in the lock body.
- (levers) bars used for prying.
- Has the same function as a knob, except is longer and thinner. To open a door, levers are pushed down. Beside the decorative uses of a lever, they are also used in applications where someone is handicapped and cannot grasp a knob very well.
- n. A hangboard exercise involving a person hanging by both arms and 'levering' their body into a completely horizontal position. This requires very strong abdominal muscles.
- A straight rod or board that pivots on a point known as a fulcrum. The fulcrum can be moved depending on the weight of the object to be lifted or the force you wish to exert. Pushing down on one end of a lever results in the upward motion of the opposite end of the fulcrum. ...
- A bar used to increase the force being brought to bear in order to move an object.
- A simple machine consisting of a rigid bar (a bone) that rotates about a pivot and is used to transmit a force.
- A rigid bar used to apply pressure at one point along it's length by applying a force (effort) at a second point and turning about a third point or fulcrum. There are 3 classes of levers, called 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order. ...
- A simple machine made of a solid bar or plank and a fixed point, called a fulcrum.
- A manual espresso maker that require the user to create the shot by pulling on the machine at the appropriate spot and time. The barista uses the lever to force down a piston, creating the necessary pressure to complete the shot. ...
- A simple machine comprising an arm and a pivot. Can be found on the handlebars (clutch lever, brake lever).
- lever handles are the type most often found on a contemporary clawfoot tub faucet, usually bearing the words hot, cold, or shower. A single lever made from porcelain and/or metal is rotated, versus the turning of a crosspoint handle.
- Lever espresso machines are manual brewing devices that use a lever to push down a piston, which provides the proper pressure needed to brew espresso. These machines use a “lever” and piston instead of a pump to produce that pressure. You control the lever, thus you are the “pump”. ...
- A handle type operating device for quarter-turn valves.