cantilever

== English == === Alternative forms === cantalever, cantaliver (dated) === Etymology === First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkantɪliːvə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/, [ˈkɛəntɪˌlivɚ] === Noun === cantilever (plural cantilevers) (engineering, construction) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony. A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system. (figure skating) A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === cantilever (third-person singular simple present cantilevers, present participle cantilevering, simple past and past participle cantilevered) To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever. === References === === Further reading === cantilever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === trivalence == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.l(ə).ve/ === Noun === cantilever m (plural cantilevers) cantilever