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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lev·er·age n. The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
 Leverage of a couple Mech., 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.
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