Category:Levers

This category contains results about Levers.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Levers.

A lever is a simple machine consisting of:

a rigid bar $M$

pivoted at a point $F$, called the fulcrum

so that:

an effort applied at one point $E$ of $M$

is transferred to:

a load at another point $L$ of $M$

so as to generate a mechanical advantage.