Cantilever Definition & Meaning

cantilever
noun
  1. projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
verb
  1. project as a cantilever
  2. construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"

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  • "omnimount fp-cl mid-sized lcd cantilever"
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