elevator lever

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• Lever — 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 that can be applied to another object.This is also termed mechanical… …   Wikipedia

• elevator — 1. An instrument for prying up a sunken part, as the depressed fragment of bone in fracture of the skull, or for elevating tissues from their attachment to bone. 2. A surgical instrument used to luxate and remove …   Medical dictionary

• elevator — n. 1) an instrument that is used to raise a depressed broken bone, for example in the skull or cheek. A specialized periosteal elevator is used in orthopaedics to strip the fibrous tissue (periosteum) covering bone. 2) a lever like instrument… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• lever — An instrument used to lift or pry. [Fr. l., to lift] dental l. SYN: elevator (2) …   Medical dictionary

• Pneumatic elevator — Pneumatic Pneu*mat ic, Pneumatical Pneu*mat ic*al, a. [L. pneumaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, wind, air, ? to blow, breathe; cf. OHG. fnehan: cf. F. pneumatique. Cf. {Pneumonia}.] 1. Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wedge elevator — an elevator used as a lever in tooth extraction, being placed in a hole drilled into the root of the tooth below the investing bony tissue to rework a tooth …   Medical dictionary

• Pneumatic lever — Pneumatic Pneu*mat ic, Pneumatical Pneu*mat ic*al, a. [L. pneumaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, wind, air, ? to blow, breathe; cf. OHG. fnehan: cf. F. pneumatique. Cf. {Pneumonia}.] 1. Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• elevate — verb a) To raise (something) to a higher position; to lift. b) To promote (someone) to a higher rank. Syn …   Wiktionary

• building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …   Universalium

• élévateur — élévateur, trice [ elevatɶr, tris ] adj. et n. • eslevateur (de peuple) « celui qui fait lever les armes » XIVe; bas lat. elevator 1 ♦ Anat. Se dit de certains muscles qui élèvent, relèvent (certaines parties du corps). Muscle élévateur de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …   Universalium