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cantilever
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can·ti·le·ver
/ ˈkantlˌēvər; -ˌevər/
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n.
a long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used chiefly in bridge construction.
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a long bracket or beam projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, or similar structure.
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v. [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (cantilevered)
support by a cantilever or cantilevers:
a cantilevered deck.
∎ [intr.]
project as or like a cantilever:
a conveyor cantilevered out over the river.
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RBFNN model for predicting nonlinear response of uniformly loaded paddle cantilever.(radial basis function neural network)(Report)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Applied Sciences; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...commissioning and operation. Cantilever sensors are the most important...are usually used to detect cantilever beam deflection. In general...modeling of the paddle cantilevers in conjugation with finite...section, the simple and paddle cantilever sensors as shown in Fig...
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Balanced cantilever bridges
Magazine article from: Concrete; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Principles With balanced cantilever construction...witfi asymmetric cantilevers with a prop or...prestressing 'cantilever tendons' or reinforcement...the deck. The cantilevers are extended out...span is reached. Cantilevers from adjacent piers...abutments, the end cantilever is ...
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Cantilevers detect trace amounts of explosives.(Bomb Sniffer)
Magazine article from: Science News; 8/23/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Because each silicon cantilever costs about a dollar and...demonstrate how well the cantilevers can distinguish between...arrays of thousands of cantilevers. With different coatings on each cantilever, array-containing devices...
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i360technologies Purchases Cantilever Technologies.
Business Wire; 3/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...entered into an agreement to purchase Cantilever Technologies LLC, a West Lafayette...with the Reston, Va.-based firm, Cantilever will retain its company name as well...R) E-Business Suite integrator. Cantilever's Readiness Engine(R) software...
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Pennsylvania Inventors Develop Piezoelectric Cantilever Sensor
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/10/2008; 563 words
; ...Philadelphia, have developed a piezoelectric cantilever. The patent has been assigned to Drexel...Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric cantilever with a non-piezoelectric, or piezoelectric...viscosity sensors. The change in the cantilever mass can be accurately quantified by...
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Span ratios in bridges constructed using a balanced cantilever method.
Magazine article from: Construction and Building Materials; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...8. Keywords: Balanced cantilever method; RC bridges: Construction...I. Introduction Balanced cantilever construction simply cantilevers segments from a pier in a...with a previous half span cantilever from the preceding pier...
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Analysis of nonlinearly elastic cantilever snap beams for assembly of plastic parts.(First Symposium on Oriented Polymers )
Magazine article from: Polymer Engineering and Science; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...lock pair, which consists of a cantilever beam with a projecting bead at its free end as a locking feature. The cantilever is an integral component of one...projecting bead at the end of the cantilever. During assembly/disassembly...
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Microscopic Cantilever Aids Assay For Prostate Cancer.
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 9/20/2001; 700+ words
; ...lever to bend downward. The cantilevers can also be coated with single...greater the deflection of the cantilever, so that the chips not only...deflection with a laser. The cantilevers themselves are about 50 microns...bind to the surface, the cantilever moves only about 10-20...
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California Inventor Develops Cantilever Parameters Determination Apparatus
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/15/2008; 563 words
; ...micromachined cantilevers used in cantilever-based instruments...constant and cantilever sample separation...Office, said: "Cantilevers characterized...properties of cantilevers, the method...not depend on cantilever contact with...
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Paltier, LLC: company grows with cantilever rack. (2002 Technology Trends).
Magazine article from: Material Handling Product News; 9/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...seen a trend among its customers toward cantilever-style rack as the rack of choice for...irregular, long and odd-shaped items. Cantilever rack handles hard-to-store items...furniture, steel and pipe, with ease. Cantilever rack has also become popular as display...
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Cantilever
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...support. The cantilever is one of the...construction. Cantilevers did not become...an effective cantilever. A building using cantilevers has an internal...School. Before cantilevers were used in...The first cantilever bridge was...
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cantilever
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cantilever , beam supported rigidly at one end to carry a load along the...free end, as in a common bracket. The springboard is a simple cantilever beam, and the cantilever design is often used for canopies, balconies, sidewalks outside...
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cantilever bridge
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
cantilever bridge Bridge in which each half of the main span is rigidly supported at one end only. The other ends are joined in the middle of the bridge, where there is no supporting structure.
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Bridges
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...anchored firmly, a cantilever is a very strong...outer beams, the cantilevers, and the central...is one end of a cantilever. The free end of the cantilever extends outward...the shores. The cantilevers on either side...
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bridge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the beam, the truss, the arch, the cantilever, the cable-stay, and the suspension...of steel, concrete, or masonry. A cantilever bridge is formed by self-supporting...Rhine at Cologne. Truss, Arch, and Cantilever Bridges The truss can span even greater...
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