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Bascule

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Noun

1. bascule

a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bascule

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noun
1. Also called: balance bridge, counterpoise bridge
a bridge with a movable section hinged about a horizontal axis and counterbalanced by a weight
Compare drawbridge
2. 
a movable roadway forming part of such a bridge
Tower Bridge has two bascules

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Bascule

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noun
a device balanced so that when one end is lowered the other end is raised

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bascule

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n.
A device or structure, such as a drawbridge, counterbalanced so that when one end is lowered the other is raised.

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