Lev″er‐age (lĕv″ẽr‐ā̍j or lē″vẽr‐ā̍j), 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.