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- Dictionarycantilever/ˈkantɪliːvə/
noun
- 1. a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used in bridge construction.
verb
- 1. support by a cantilever or cantilevers: "a glass and stone box is cantilevered over the street"
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The meaning of CANTILEVER is a projecting beam or member supported at only one end. How to use cantilever in a sentence. Did you know?
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cantilever can be formed as a beam, plate, truss, or slab .
CANTILEVER definition: 1. a long bar that is fixed at only one end to a vertical support and is used to hold a structure…. Learn more.
Cantilever definition: any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.. See examples of CANTILEVER used in a sentence.
CANTILEVER meaning: 1. a long bar that is fixed at only one end to a vertical support and is used to hold a structure…. Learn more.
Cantilever, beam supported at one end and carrying a load at the other end or distributed along the unsupported portion. The upper half of the thickness of such a beam is subjected to tensile stress, tending to elongate the fibres, the lower half to compressive stress, tending to crush them.
noun. 1. a. a beam, girder, or structural framework that is fixed at one end and is free at the other. b. ( as modifier) a cantilever wing. 2. a wing or tailplane of an aircraft that has no external bracing or support. 3. a part of a beam or a structure projecting outwards beyond its support. verb. 4. (transitive)
A cantilever is a girder or beam that supports a bridge or another large structure. Cantilevers are attached only at one end, like a rigid diving board.
1. A projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length. 2. A member, such as a beam, that projects beyond a fulcrum and is supported by a balancing member or a downward force behind the fulcrum. 3. A bracket or block supporting a balcony or cornice.
Definition of cantilever noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
