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Cantilever

verb
1.
Project as a cantilever.
2.
Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.



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cantilever bridge


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"Cantilever" Quotes from Famous Books



... the same order of ideas. Here there is an actual workable analogy. But there is no practicable analogy between a purely mental concept and a physical construction. You will not help me to believe in (say) the doctrine of Original Sin, by assuring me that it is built, like the Tower Bridge, on the cantilever principle. ...
— God and Mr. Wells - A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' • William Archer
... occasion. He asked me at once of what material the Brooklyn Bridge is made. I told him I really didn't know. Why should I? I seldom go over it. Then he asked me whether it was a suspension bridge or a cantilever. Of course I didn't know; I am not ...
— Penelope's Experiences in Scotland • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Cantilever" :   build, beam, protrude, architecture, make, jut out, construct, jut, stick out, project


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