Definitions for basculeˈbæs kyul

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bas•culeˈbæs kyul(n.)

  1. a device operating like a balance or seesaw, esp. an arrangement of a movable bridge (bas′cule bridge`) by which the rising floor or section is counterbalanced by a weight.

    Category: Civil Engineering

Origin of bascule:

1670–80; F; MF bacule

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bascule(noun)

    a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

Wiktionary

  1. bascule(Noun)

    a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bascule(noun)

    in mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

rocker(noun)

one of usually two curved supports on which a cradle, rocking-chair etc rocks.

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