English Explanatory Dictionary

cantilever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
  2. A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.
  3. 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.
verb
  1. To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

Pronunciation

/ˈkantɪliːvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cantilever.wav /ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/ [ˈkɛəntɪˌlivɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-VCcortex-cantilever.wav

Word forms

cantilever cantilevers cantalever cantaliver cantilevering cantilevered

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.

Derived words

cantileverable cantileverage cantilever bra cantilever chair microcantilever nanocantilever piezocantilever

Translations

Bulgarian: конзола Catalan: coll fals Catalan: voladís Catalan: mènsula Chinese Mandarin: 懸臂樑 /悬臂梁 Chinese Mandarin: 懸臂 /悬臂 Czech: konzola Czech: krakorec Estonian: konsool Finnish: ulokepalkki French: porte-à-faux German: Auskragung German: Kragträger German: Ausleger German: Kragarm Hungarian: konzol Hungarian: konzolos/kiugró tartó/támasz Hungarian: konzoltartó Hungarian: egyoldalt befogott tartó Hungarian: tartókar Italian: mensola Korean: 캔틸레버 Norwegian: utkraging Norwegian: utkravning Norwegian: utligger Norwegian: utstikker Portuguese: em balanço Russian: консо́льная ба́лка Russian: консо́ль Russian: кро́нштейн Russian: уко́сина Spanish: voladizo
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