cantilever

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The four giant cantilever cranes beside the River Clyde are iconic structures.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

When the cantilever is placed on one of the nanoparticles, a current is passed through its tip to measure the conductivity.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2024

Columns sway back and forth, like a cantilever swing, creating ample space for large groups to walk through.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

It seemed very un-New Yorkish when I saw it on that first trip — with that awkward, 45-degree angle on the skyline and that crazy cantilever.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2020

This river we crossed by a wooden bridge, built on the cantilever principle, and which a couple of months later was washed away.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth