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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 new biosensor, developed by Harold Craighead of Cornell University and his colleagues, consists of an array of micro cantilevers made of silicon nitride, each one spotted on the end with gold.
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