CANTILEVER

cantilever

(noun) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

cantilever

(verb) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; “Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings”

cantilever

(verb) project as a cantilever

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cantilever (plural cantilevers)

(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.

A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.

(figure skating) A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.

Verb

cantilever (third-person singular simple present cantilevers, present participle cantilevering, simple past and past participle cantilevered)

To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

Anagrams

• trivalence

Source: Wiktionary


Can"ti*lev`er, n.

Definition: Same as Cantalever.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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