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bascule
bas·cule B0096300 (băs′kyo͞ol)n. A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised.
[French, seesaw : bas, low (from Old French, from Medieval Latin bassus) + cul, bottom (from Old French, from Latin cūlus, rump; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]bascule (ˈbæskjuːl) n1. (Civil Engineering) Also called: balance bridge or counterpoise bridge a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight. Compare drawbridge2. (Civil Engineering) a movable roadway forming part of such a bridge: Tower Bridge has two bascules. [C17: from French: seesaw, from bas low + cul rump; see base2, culet]bas•cule (ˈbæs kyul)
n. 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. [1670–80; French; Middle French bacule] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bascule - a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
Translationsbascule
bascule1. a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight 2. a movable roadway forming part of such a bridge BasculeA structure that rotates about an axis, as a seesaw, with a counterbalance equal to the weight of the structure at one end, used for movable bridges.bascule[′ba‚skül] (engineering) A structure that rotates about an axis, as a seesaw, with a counterbalance (for the weight of the structure) at one end. basculeA structure that moves about a horizontal axis, as a seesaw, with a counterbalance at one end.bascule
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