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cantilever
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cantilever

A beam or overhanging architectural element that is supported at only one end.The most common examples are bay windows and swimming pool diving boards.The most famous example is a balcony that seems to be suspended in the air above a waterfall at Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater, in Pennsylvania (www.paconserve.org/fallingwaterhome.htm).



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The device's tiny mechanical sensors - microcantilever arrays - measure HIV levels to warn of impending flare-ups.
Microcantilever membranes A further increase of the thermal resistance, compared with closed membrane thermopiles, can be reached by reducing the contact between membrane and silicon rim (Fig.
They placed water droplets containing proteins on a movable surface below a microcantilever akin to a tiny diving board.
 
 
 
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