cantilever

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cantilever - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cantalever \Can"ta*lev`er\, n. [Cant an external angle + lever a
     supporter of the roof timber of a house.] [Written also
     cantaliver and cantilever.]
     1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the
        like.
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     2. (Engin.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported
        at the outer end; one which overhangs.
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     Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the
        cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge,
        composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks,
        and supported near the middle of their own length on piers
        which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet
        over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion,
        to complete the connection.
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  Cantilever \Can"ti*lev`er\, n.
     Same as Cantalever.
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cantilever - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cantilever
      n 1: projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
      v 1: project as a cantilever
      2: construct with girders and beams such that only one end is
         fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"