cantilever
IPA: kˈæntʌɫˈɛvɝ
noun
- (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
- To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.
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Examples of "cantilever" in Sentences
- It is a cantilever truss bridge.
- List of longest cantilever bridges.
- Cantilever structure of light alloy.
- AFM cantilever deflection measurement.
- The cantilever is a figure skating element.
- A cantilever bridge is a kind of beam bridge.
- The bridge is launched by the cantilever method.
- For a time it was the tallest cantilever in the world.
- As a result, the cantilever developed a noticeable sag.
- The interferometer measures resonant frequency of the cantilever.