-- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.
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-- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
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the actuating cause of an individual life n
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the actuating cause of an individual life n a human being n deep feeling or emotion n the human embodiment of something n a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
