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  • noun Plural form of cantilever.

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Examples

  • The difference in stopping power compared to standard cantilevers is huge.

    ’Cross brake check: TRP’s new mini V-brake and EuroX Magnesium 2010

  • The principal advantage of narrow profile cantilevers is that they don’t stick out so far from the frame or fork, very desirable, because protruding cantilever arms can cause a multitude of problems, particularly in the rear, where a rider’s feet may hit them.

    Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: A detailed look at brake shudder 2010

  • It's part of a glacier, it's freshwater, and what happens is the ice kind of cantilevers out as a shelf floating on the sea, but attached to the glacier on the ground.

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2006 2006

  • It kind of cantilevers out there and floats on the ocean itself.

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2006 2006

  • As important to exploiting silicon's mechanical properties, the techniques that are used to build silicon transistors can also be adapted to build microscopic silicon structures such as cantilevers, springs and even gears that are capable of physical movement, which is not traditional in strictly semiconductor technology.

    unknown title 2009

  • As important to exploiting silicon's mechanical properties, the techniques that are used to build silicon transistors can also be adapted to build microscopic silicon structures such as cantilevers, springs and even gears that are capable of physical movement, which is not traditional in strictly semiconductor technology.

    unknown title 2009

  • As important to exploiting silicon's mechanical properties, the techniques that are used to build silicon transistors can also be adapted to build microscopic silicon structures such as cantilevers, springs and even gears that are capable of physical movement, which is not traditional in strictly semiconductor technology.

    unknown title 2009

  • 4-D electron microscopy is not limited to inorganic entities such as cantilevers and crystals.

    Scientific American 2010

  • The new brakes I came to know and love this season arethe Avid Shorty Ultimate cantilevers, the TRP CX 9 “linear pull” i.e., V- brakes, and the TRP EuroX Magnesium cantilevers.

    Lennard Zinn’s season-ending cyclocross component review 2011

  • Good performance, low weight, barrel adjusters on the cantilevers, and all being equipped with standard road pad holders for ease of swapping brake pads for aluminum and carbon wheels make them worthy upgrades.

    Lennard Zinn’s season-ending cyclocross component review 2011

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