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Scalebeam

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balance beamnoun(gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
beamnounA broad smile.
weighbeamnounA kind of large steelyard or scale that works by balance, as opposed to a spring.
stilyardnouna simple balance for weighing foodstuffs etc. The thing to be weighed hangs from the short side of a beam; the long side has graduated notches for a standard weight.
spring beamnoun(construction) A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss.
roberval balancenounA kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column.
equalising beamnoun(British spelling, mechanical engineering) A steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies.
casting weightnounA weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.
waybeamnoun(rail transport) A longitudinal timber supporting railway track, especially on a bridge.
steelyardnounA transportable balance with unequal arm lengths.
forebeamnoun(nautical) A horizontal spar across the bow of some sailing vessels, used to stabilize the hulls of a catamaran, to secure a bowsprit, or to tie down the tack when there is no bowsprit.
breastbeamnounPart of a loom.
needle beamnounThe horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to enable alterations in the lower part.
weighboardnounA board used for weighing.
spring balancenounA device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
back beamnoun(textiles, weaving) Synonym of warp beam.
tiebeamnoun(architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
working beamnounAlternative form of walking beam. [In a vertical engine, a horizontal beam, usually trussed, that transmits power to the crankshaft through the connecting-rod.]
ladder beamnounA scaffolding beam, resembling a ladder, composed of a pair of tubular members connected by struts
torsion scalenounA scale for weighing in which the fulcra of the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by torsion.

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