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Definition of Balance beam
1. Noun. A gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts.
Definition of Balance beam
1. Noun. (gymnastics) A narrow wooden rail used in gymnastics. ¹
2. Noun. The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balance Beam
Literary usage of Balance beam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The undue weight of the " heavy coin " will depress the right end of the balance
beam and its pendant M to tho lowest possible point, anil the indicating ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"The position of these cups is so adjusted that when the whole hangs freely the
cups are in line with the terminal knife-edge of the balance-beam, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1895)
"X.—On the best Form for a balance beam. By Professor KERNOT, MA, OE [Read 12th
July, 1894.] On the 13th May, 1880,* I submitted to this Society a paper on ..."
4. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain Systematically Investigated by Andrew Ure (1836)
"The two chains of the said weights pass through holes in the end of a balance-beam
v', over each of Fig. 63. Tube-Roving Frame. ..."
5. Mechanics: A Textbook for Engineers by James Ellsworth Boyd (1921)
"A balance beam weighs 50 grams and its center of gravity is 0.008 inch ...
The center of gravity of a balance beam is frequently adjusted by means of a nut, ..."
6. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
"balance-beam of Fate was bent; bounds of good and ill were rent; ... Fate was
superior to the Certainly the balance-beam of should be made of good iron, ..."
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