cantilever bracket

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• cantilever — ► NOUN 1) a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used chiefly in bridge construction. 2) a bracket or beam projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, etc. ► VERB ▪ support by a cantilever or cantilevers. ORIGIN of… …   English terms dictionary

• cantilever — [kant′ l ē΄vər, kant′ lev΄ər] n. [as if < CANT2 + I + LEVER, but < ?] 1. a large bracket or block projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, etc. 2. a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end, that is anchored as to …   English World dictionary

• Cantilever mechanics (orthodontics) — A cantilever is, in principle, any piece of wire, whose end is inserted, on one side, into a bracket or a tube, or included in the acrylic of a removable appliance, while the other one is tied to another unit, with only a one point contact. When… …   Wikipedia

• cantilever — /ˈkæntəlivə / (say kantuhleevuh) noun 1. Machinery a free part of any horizontal member projecting beyond a support. 2. Civil Engineering either of two bracket like arms projecting towards each other from opposite banks or piers, serving to form… …  

• cantilever — /kan tl ee veuhr, ev euhr/, n. 1. any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, esp. 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. 2.… …   Universalium

• bracket — /brak it/, n. 1. a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc. 2. a shelf or shelves so supported. 3. Also called square bracket. one of two marks [ or ] used in… …   Universalium

• cantilever — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from 3cant + i + lever Date: 1667 a projecting beam or member supported at only one end: as a. a bracket shaped member supporting a balcony or a cornice b. either of the two beams or trusses that project from piers… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bracket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. brace; shelf. v. t. link, tie, parenthesize. See support, connection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. support, angle iron, brace, cantilever, console, corbel, strut, modillion wall bracket, section, L joint,… …   English dictionary for students

• cantilever — 1. noun A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony. 2. verb To project in the manner of a cantilever, or to project (something) by means of a cantilever …   Wiktionary

• cantilever — can•ti•le•ver [[t]ˈkæn tlˌi vər, ˌɛv ər[/t]] n. 1) civ bui any rigid structural member, esp. one projecting from a vertical support, in which the fixed end is in compression and the free end in tension 2) civ bui any rigid construction extending… …   From formal English to slang

• cantilever — n. & v. n. 1 a long bracket or beam etc. projecting from a wall to support a balcony etc. 2 a beam or girder fixed at only one end. v.intr. 1 project as a cantilever. 2 be supported by cantilevers. Phrases and idioms: cantilever bridge a bridge… …   Useful english dictionary