Leverage /(lĕv"ẽr*ā̇j [or] lē"vẽr*ā̇j)/
Lev·er·age
Leverage
n.
- The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
Phrases & Compounds
- Leverage of a couple
- 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.