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Cantilever

Noun

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1.NounA beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
"cantilever arch   cantilever arm   cantilever armchair   cantilever beam   cantilever bracket   cantilever brake   cantilever bridge   cantilever crane   cantilever fin   cantilever frame   cantilever girder   cantilever landing gear   cantilever moment   cantilever monoplane   cantilever mounting   cantilever roof   cantilever roof bar   cantilever sheet-piles   cantilever single-strut landing gear   cantilever span   cantilever spring   cantilever timbering   cantilever tower crane   cantilever truss   cantilever-type drilling mast   cantilever wall   cantilever wing; cantilever circuit"
2.NounA beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.
"cantilever circuit"
3.NounA 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.
4.VerbTo project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.
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